Meshing Technology

STAR-CCM+’s single integrated processprovides the fastest, most automatic route from complex CAD to CFD mesh. Advanced automatic meshing technology generates either polyhedral or predominantly hexahedral control volumes at the touch of a button, offering the ultimate combination of speed, control and accuracy. For problems involving multiple frames of reference, fluid-structure interaction and conjugate heat transfer STAR-CCM+ can automatically create conformal meshes across multiple physical domains.

An important part of mesh generation for accurate CFD simulation, is the near-wall region, or extrusion-layer mesh.  STAR-CCM+ automatically produces a high-quality extrusion layer mesh on all walls in the domain.  In addition, you have the option to control the position, size, growth-rate and number of cell layers in the extrusion-layer mesh.

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.

STAR-CCM+ recently became the first commercial CFD package to mesh and solve a problem with over one billion cells!

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