FLOW-3D v10.1 Features List
v10.1 features are listed in red
Meshing & Geometry
Structured finite difference/control volume meshes
Finite element meshes for structural analysis
Multi-Block gridding with nested & linked blocks
Fractional areas/volumes (FAVOR™) for efficient & accurate geometry definition
Unstructured Memory Allocation (UMA)
Basic Solids Modeler
Import CAD data
Grid & geometry independence
Cartesian or cylindrical coordinates
Flow Type Options
Internal, external & free-surface flows
Hybrid shallow water/3D flow model
3D, 2D & 1D problems
Transient flows
Inviscid, viscous laminar & turbulent flows
Non-inertial reference frames
Multiple scalar species
Two-phase flows
Heat transfer with phase change
Saturated & unsaturated porous media
Flow Definition Options
General initial and boundary conditions
Symmetry
Rigid and flexible walls
Continuative
Periodic
Specified pressure
Specified velocity
Outflow
Grid overlay
Hydrostatic pressure
Volume flow rate
Non-linear periodic and solitary surface waves
Restart from previous simulation
Continuation of a simulation
Overlay boundary conditions
Change mesh
Change model parameters
Thermal Modeling Options
Natural convection
Forced convection
Conduction in fluid & solid
Fluid-solid heat transfer
Conduction
Specified heat flux
Specified solid temperature
Distributed energy sources/sinks in fluids and solids
Radiation
Viscous heating
Thermal stress evolution
Orthographic thermal conductivity
Thermally-induced stresses
Numerical Modeling Options
TruVOF Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method for fluid interfaces
First and second order advection
Sharp and diffuse interface tracking
Implicit & explicit numerical methods
GMRES, point and line relaxation pressure solvers
User-defined variables, subroutines & output
Utilities for runtime interaction during execution
Fluid Modeling Options
One incompressible fluid – confined or with free surfaces
Two incompressible fluids – miscible or with sharp interfaces
Compressible fluid – subsonic, transonic, supersonic
Stratified fluid
Acoustic phenomena
Mass particles with variable density or diameter
Shallow Flow Models
Shallow water model
General topography
Wetting & drying
Wind shear
Ground roughness effects
Laminar & turbulent flow
Physical Modeling Options
Fluid structure interaction
Thermal stress evolution
Plastic deformation of solids
Granular flow
Moisture drying
Solid solute dissolution
Sediment scour deposition & bedload transport
Cavitation
Phase change (liquid-vapor, liquid-solid)
Surface tension
Thermocapillary effects
Wall adhesion
Wall roughness
Vapor & gas bubbles
Solidification & melting
Mass/momentum/energy sources
Shear, density & temperature-dependent viscosity
Thixotropic viscosity
Visco-elastic-plastic fluids
Elastic membranes & walls
Evaporation residue
Electric field
Dielectric phenomena
Electro-osmosis
Electrostatic particles
Electro-mechanical effects
Joule heating
Air entrainment
Molecular & turbulent diffusion
Temperature-dependent material properties
Spray cooling
Advanced Physical Models
General Moving Object model with 6 DOF–prescribed and fully-coupled motion
Rotating/spinning objects
Collision model
Tethered moving objects (springs & ropes)
Flexing membranes and walls
Porosity
Finite element based elastic-plastic deformation
Finte element based thermal stress evolution due to thermal changes in a solidifying fluid
Chemistry Models
Stiff equation solver for chemical rate equations
Stationary or advected species
Metal Casting Models
Thermal stress & deformations
Iron solidification
Sand core blowing
Sand core drying
Permeable molds
Solidification & melting
Solidification shrinkage with interdendritic feeding
Micro & macro porosity
Binary alloy segregation
Thermal die cycling
Surface oxide defects
Cavitation potential
Lost-foam casting
Semi-solid material
Core gas generation
Back pressure & vents
Shot sleeves
Air entrainment
Temperature-dependent material properties
Cooling channel definitions
Porous Media Models
Saturated and unsaturated flow
Variable porosity
Directional porosity
General flow losses (linear & quadratic)
Capillary pressure
Heat transfer in porous media
Van Genunchten model for unsaturated flow
Discrete Particle Models
Massless marker particles
Mass particles of variable size/mass
Linear & quadratic fluid-dynamic drag
Monte-Carlo diffusion
Particle-Fluid momentum coupling
Coefficient of restitution or sticky particles
Point or volumetric particle sources
Charged particles
Probe particles
Product:flowscience flow3d v10.1.2
Lanaguage:english
Platform:WIN32&WIN64
Size:1DVD