STAR-CD V4: From CAD to CFD solution

Using either the STAR-CAD Series or a dedicated geometry import facility, STAR-CD can import geometries and models from almost any CAE tool, and automatically generate a computational mesh at the click of a button.

For problems that involve large assemblies of complex geometry parts, CD-adapco’s unique surface-wrapping tool significantly reduces the number of man-hours spent on surface cleanup, often reducing the entire meshing process to hours instead of days.

The surface wrapper works by ‘shrink-wrapping’ a high quality triangulated surface mesh onto any geometrical model, closing holes in the geometry and joining disconnected and overlapping surfaces, providing manifold surfaces that can be used to automatically generate a computational mesh without user intervention.

STAR-CD Product Features

Versatility and control STAR-CD V4 can be used ‘straight-out-of-the-box’ to tackle a wide range of engineering problems.   Flow, Thermal, Stress STAR-CD V4 is the first general-purpose commercial finite-volume code that is routinely able to perform Computational Continuum Mechanics simulations. Multiphase and Multiphysics Capable of simulating engineering problems that involve turbulence, combustion, heat transfer, reacting flows and multiphase physics.   From CAD to CFD solution STAR-CD can import geometries and models from almost any CAE tool, and automatically generate a computational mesh at the click of a button.. Advanced automatic meshing Advanced automatic meshing technology generates either polyhedral or predominantly hexahedral control volumes at the touch of a button