True multi-disciplinary solutions

STAR-CCM+ delivers an extensive range of validated physics capabilities to cover the broadest application scope. The single integrated environment allows physical phenomena to be studied in a fully coupled manner or independently from each other.

  • Time: Steady-state, Unsteady Implicit/Explicit, Harmonic Balance
  • Motion: Stationary, Moving Reference Frame, Rigid Body Motion, Mesh Morphing, Multiple Superimposed Motions
  • Material: Single, Multiphase and Multi-Component Fluids, Non-Newtonian Fluids, Incompressible, Ideal gas, Real Gas & User Defined Compressibility
  • MultiPhase: Free surface (VOF) with Boiling or Cavitation, Lagrangian, Eulerian and Discrete Element Modeling (DEM), Wave profile generation for Flat, First and Fifth Order Stokes, Irregular, Superimposed Waves
  • Flow: Segregated or Coupled Flow and Energy
  • Regime: Inviscid, Laminar, Turbulent (RANS, LES, DES), Gamma-Re Theta and User Defined Transition Modeling
  • Multi-Domain: Porous Media (volumetric and baffle), Fan and Heat Exchanger models, Conjugate Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Solar, Thermal, Multi-Band and Specular Radiation (Discrete ordinates or surface-to-surface)
  • Combustion and Chemical Reaction: PPDF, CFM, PCFM, EBU, Coal Combustion, Soot & Nox prediction and DARS CFD complex Chemistry Coupling
  • Dynamic Fluid Body Interaction (DFBI): Fluid Induced Motion in 6 Degrees of Freedom including Propulsion and Maneuvering, multi-Body Interactions Including Body-Body Linear and Catenary Couplings
  • Aeroacoustic Analysis: Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Spectral Analysis, Inverse FFT, Broadband noise sources, Ffowcs-Williams Hawkings (FWH) model, Signal Processing
  • Finite Volume Stress Modeling: Linear thermo-elastic, small and large deformation modeling, linear and non-linear contacts, fully coupled fluid-structure interaction
  • Electrical Field Simulation: Electro-thermal Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation, Electrodynamics and Electrostatics: Joule (Ohmic) Heating and Electrostatic Coating
  • CAE Integration: Co-simulation and bi-directional mapping between STAR-CCM+ and 1D/3D codes