Automotive Applications

It’s official: CD-adapco’s CFD solutions are top in the Automotive Industry (read article). But in this highly competitive sector, why do more engineers select CD-adapco’s solutions than any other? The answer; CD-adapco's proven ability to deliver solutions - whatever the problem might be.

Whether you’re investigating vehicle aerodynamics, Internal Combustion Engines (ICE), underhood thermal management, aeroacoustics, passenger comfort, aftertreatment, fuel cells, brake cooling, the crankcase and many other applications, CD-adapco delivers the solution.

CD-adapco provides both Software and Services.  STAR-CD, STAR-CCM+ and the STAR-CAD Series provide the most advanced and complete CFD toolkit available on the market.  To back that up, is a team of engineers that have pioneered many new application areas as diverse as brake cooling and crankcase analysis and have been delivering CFD and FEA projects to the auto industry for over twenty-five years.

This combination of software and services enables an in-depth understanding of your industry and its requirements. 

Through our “Expert System” (es) tools, we have encapsulated our engineering know-how in aerodynamics (es-aero), ICE (es-ice), underhood (es-uhood), passenger comfort (es-pass), and aftertreatment (es-aftertreatment) for your benefit.

Here are just a few case studies demonstrating how CD-adapco’s solutions are delivering for our partners.  If you’d like to know more, please contact us at info@uk.cd-adapco.com.

 

Automotive Case Studies

Aerodynamics

Vehicle Soiling Simulations at Audi

With CFD methods now firmly established as a development tool for the prediction of the aerodynamic forces acting on a vehicle, the use of CFD for predicting the soiling characteristics...

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