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AcuSolve
AcuSolve™ is a leading general-purpose finite element-based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) flow solver with superior robustness, speed, and accuracy. AcuSolve can be used by designers and research engineers with all levels of expertise, either as a standalone product or seamlessly integrated into a powerful design and analysis application. With AcuSolve, users can quickly obtain quality solutions without iterating on solution procedures or worrying about mesh quality or topology.
Key Benefits
Robustness Most problems solved on the first attempt
Speed Fully coupled solver on shared-memory and distributed parallel systems
Accuracy Highly accurate in space and time while globally and locally conservative
Key Features and Functionality
Conservative Equations in 3D
- Incompressible & weakly compressible Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations
- Thermal analysis and conjugate heat transfer
- Multi-layered thermal shell equations
- Multi-species transport equations
Radiation
- Gray body enclosure radiation
- View-factor computation (in parallel)
- Solar radiation model
Turbulence Models
- One- and two-equation RANS model
- Smagorinsky and Dynamic sub-grid scale LES models
- Hybrid RANS/LES (DES & DDES) models
Arbitrary Eulerian Lagrangian (ALE) Technology
- Flexible mesh movement
- Free surface simulation
- Guide surface technology
- Sliding mesh technology
Powerful User-Defined Function (UDF) Capability
- Allows definition of material models, source terms, boundary conditions, etc.
- Client-server interface with external programs
Component Technology
- Fan component
- Heat exchange component
Multiphysics Capabilities
- Rigid body dynamics coupling
- Practical Fluid/Structure Interaction (P-FSI)
- Direct-Coupling Fluid/Structure Interaction (DC-FSI)
Support for Computational Aero Acoustics (CAA) Simulations
Unstructured Mesh Support
- 4-node tetrahedron, 5-node pyramid, 6-node wedge, 8-node brick, and 10-node tetrahedron elements
Highly Effective Solver Technology
- Novel and highly efficient iterative solver for fully coupled pressure/velocity equation systems
- Fully coupled temperature/flow iterative equation solver
- Fully parallel on shared and distributed memory machines, transparent to the user
Particle Tracer
- Fast and accurate parallelized particle tracer
- Laminar and turbulent diffusion
Supported Platforms
- Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
- Windows HPC Server 2008
- Linux (x86, x86-64 and Itanium)
- HP-UX (PA-RISC and Itanium)
Datasheets
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