STAR-CCM+ V2.04: An ever-faster route from complex geometry to accurate flow simulation.

New York and London, November 15, 2006

London and New York, Wednesday November 15, 2006: CD-adapco today announced the release of STAR-CCM+ V2.04, the latest version of their technology leading Computational Fluid Dynamics package. STAR-CCM+ V2.04 incorporates a raft of improvements that further streamline the path from imported geometry model to CFD simulation results, in a single software environment.

Your whole CFD process in a single software environment

STAR-CCM+ V2.04 Used to wrap, mesh and run a whole Oil Rig

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From its first release in 2004, STAR-CCM+ has impressed the CFD community with its rapid pace of development. Written “from the ground up” using a modular programming style and the latest programming techniques, STAR-CCM+ is an entirely new concept in CFD. Innovations, such as built-in surface-wrapping, advanced automated meshing (creating either polyhedral or predominantly hexahedral control volumes) and the ability to “copy and paste” meshes and model set-ups between calculations, have quickly established STAR-CCM+ a reputation for producing high-quality simulation results in a single code with minimum user effort.

Leading Surface wrapping and meshing technology for speed and accuracy

At the heart of the STAR-CCM+ V2.04 is a process that links a powerful automated surface wrapper to CD-adapco’s unique meshing technology. The surface wrapper ‘shrink-wraps’ a high quality triangulated surface mesh onto any geometrical model, closing holes in the geometry and joining disconnected and overlapping surfaces, providing a single manifold surface that can be used to automatically generate a computational mesh without user intervention. This approach significantly reduces the number of man-hours spent on surface cleanup for problems that involve large assemblies of complex geometry parts – reducing the entire meshing process to hours instead of days.
In addition, STAR-CCM+ V2.04 also includes a comprehensive set of surface-repair tools that allow users to interactively enhance the quality of imported or wrapped surfaces, offering the choice of completely automatic repair, user control or a combination of both.

Specially designed to handle large models efficiently

The ability to efficiently handle large computational meshes is critical in successfully meeting the engineering challenges of modern industry. STAR-CCM+ is specifically designed to handle large models quickly and efficiently via a unique client–server architecture that seamlessly meshes and simultaneously solves and post-processes over multiple computing resources without requiring additional effort from the user.

Industry specific post-processing features

The latest version also introduces an additional range of post-processing capabilities that are specifically tuned towards simulation in the Building Services and HVAC sectors. Rather than just outputting generic engineering quantities, STAR-CCM+ can predict the level of comfort experienced by room occupants using standard industry measures such as Mean Radiant Temperature, Predictive Mean Vote, and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied.

Advanced Physics

STAR-CCM+ V2.04 also features new combustion, radiation and turbulence modelling capabilities, including the introduction of the V2F turbulence model. The addition of a Coherent Flame Model for premixed combustion is of particular benefit to users in the power-generation, gas turbine and oil and gas industries.

Take STAR-CCM+ for a spin

STAR-CCM+ V2.04 is available on request from CD-adapco’s User Services site or your local CD-adapco office.