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CFD and CAE Application Areas
Aerospace
Automotive
Biomedical
Buildings
Chemical
Electronics
Energy
Environmental
Marine
Oil and Gas
Turbomachinery

CD-adapco Products
STAR-CCM+
STAR-CD
STAR-CAD Series
STAR-View+
STAR-Cast

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Aerospace Applications:
Productivity - Accuracy - Flexibility - Experience

Productivity
Cut weeks off your model turnaround time without compromising accuracy. CD-adapco software has the fastest and most robust surface wrapping technology on the market; state-of-the-art automatic volume meshing (including advanced hexahedra and polyhedra); and scalable parallel solutions to leverage fully your hardware.

Accuracy
Validation! Validation! Validation!
For three decades CD-adapco has been on the cutting edge of engineering simulation. The methods and algorithms implemented in our products have been repeatedly tested and validated by our own engineers and our customers. Our focus on accuracy is not limited to numerical algorithms. CD-adapco continues to lead the way in meshing technology and the development of best practices for industrial use.

Flexibility
From rotorcraft to re-entry... From ECS to UAV... From aeroacoustics to aeroelastics...
The ability to deal with flow conditions ranging from subsonic to hypersonic, and anything in between, allows CD-adapco to solve the wide range of specialized multiphysics problems encountered in the aerospace industry. This unrivaled breadth of modeling capability makes CD-adapco unique in our ability to provide solutions that truly span the aerospace industry.
 
Experience
As one the world’s largest employers of CFD and CAE expertise, partnering with CD-adapco lets you tap into a collection of the world’s leading experts. Over 50 % of our dedicated aerospace team is educated to PhD level, and with the vast majority of them having worked for major aerospace companies from around the world, we’re guaranteed to understand your problem and speak your language.

Engineering simulations cover a wide range of applications in the aerospace industry, from external aerodynamics to environmental control systems. Below lists a few of the critical applications that our customers tackle using STAR-CCM+.

External Aerodynamics (all speed regimes) High Lift Internal Flows Thermal Management / Avionics Cooling Aeroacoustics Stability and Control Aerooptics Tank Sloshing		VOF Plume Analysis Launch Re-entry Turbomachinery Propeller Simulation Heat Exchangers Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) Combustion

Case Studies

STAR-CCM+ Validated for Missile Aerodynamics at Multiple Speed Regimes
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (LMMFC) needed to accurately predict drag for full missile configurations at subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speeds. In their evaluation of STAR-CCM+, a joint validation study was undertaken on their Joint Common Missile (JCM) configuration. Surface wrapping and polyhedral meshing were employed to capture every detail of the geometry including fin mounts, straps, etc. The STAR-CCM+ results were verified to be within 3% of experimental data over the vast majority for the flight envelope. With this validation LMMFC standardized on STAR-CCM+ for drag critical analyses.

Business Jet Manufacturers Choose STAR-CCM+ for ECS Applications
Five out of six of the world's largest business jet manufacturers have chosen to standardize on STAR-CCM+ for their ECS flow and heat transfer simulations. STAR-CCM+ gives them the power to easily model very complex geometries whether it be ice protection systems or racks of avionics. In addition to easily meshing complex geometries, STAR-CCM+ gives engineers validated physics models that enable them to accurately solve a wide variety of flow and heat transfer phenomena.