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Legacy mesh compatibility: STAR-CD,
ICEM, GridGen, Gambit
CD-adapco has been quick to encourage anyone with a
‘
legacy mesh’ from any CFD code to try it out with the new STAR-CCM+
solver. A unique polyhedral cell formulation accommodates any
mesh type and opens the door to another aspect of ease-of-use,
namely that STAR-CCM+ is able to import meshes from any leading grid-generation
system, including those of STAR-CD, ICEM, GridGen, Fluent/Gambit, with generalized
mesh interfaces such as CGNS available.
Transparent scalable parallel operation
The option in STAR-CCM+ for parallel operation requires no prior special knowledge of set up. The user simply opens STAR-CCM+, states how many processors are required and from that point on, they will be used in the simulation. There is literally nothing to learn and nothing to do, the code looks to find what CPUs are available and automatically processes the job. This transparent parallel operation is integrated with analysis and reporting, and implemented via a C++ server and lightweight Java-based client.
Guaranteed results from robust, crash-free, STAR-CCM+ solver
From the inception of STAR-CCM+, emphasis has been placed on accuracy and robustness with extensive validations performed against the most respected empirical data available. For even the most complex geometries, STAR-CCM+ will efficiently accept information from arbitrary cell shapes created by a meshing system that starts within your native CAD system.
Tree-structured, step-by-step, graphical user interface
STAR-CCM+ offers outstanding ease-of-use delivered through an object-based tree-structured GUI, which guides even the most novice user through the set-up and analysis of a CFD problem. Utilizing the latest numerical algorithms including an advanced pre-conditioned coupled and segregated solver and state-of-the-art software coding, the new product brings unheard levels of accuracy, reliability and flexibility to the CFD engineer.
Many (if not all!) CFD companies have at some point claimed ease-of-use for their codes, but STAR-CCM+ really has evidence to back up that claim. With its object-based user interface you need only populate the features that you have activated, and nothing additional appears in the interface. It is almost impossible to set up a model and not get results. Unlike conventional GUI’s‘ form-filling’ approach, the GUI asks the user a sequence of relevant questions, and will not be satisfied until it gets each answer. When all questions have been answered, the solver is almost certain to run. Although the universal truth of ‘Rubbish in, rubbish out’ still applies, the familiar complaint that ‘I set everything up, but it would not run’ is destined to be a thing of the past.
Visualization and dynamic steering during analysis.t
Visualization is totally integrated with analysis, for the first time enabling dynamic ‘steering’ of the solution. For example, if the rate of convergence of a solution looks unsatisfactory to the engineer, he/she can intervene and change the relaxation parameters ‘on the fly’. For example, if watching the flow field establish around a wing profile, the screen can be split and it is possible to watch several monitored quantities evolve with each iteration and no user input is required.