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November 2015 Tube Products International 43
products & developments
CFD software with enhanced multi-arm tank
component and 1D pipe stress links
Mentor Graphics Corporation has
launched the latest version of the
Flowmaster® 1D computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) software product for
fast and accurate thermo-fluid systems
design.
The new Flowmaster solution features
several new and enhanced functions,
including an improved multi-arm tank
component, and integration with com-
plementary 1D pipe stress products
such as Caesar II and Caepipe for pipe
fluid-force predictions. Overall product
enhancements to usability and increases
in physical modelling capabilities
provide accuracy and ease-of-use to
the automotive, aerospace, power gen-
eration and gas turbine markets.
The multi-arm tank component enables
the user to choose between two distinct
heat transfer models: poly-tropic and
full heat transfer. This is a feature of
particular use to the aerospace market.
Enhanced ‘Experiments’ allow the user
to easily modify key system parameters
and observe the impact immediately,
from one place in the software. A
persistent ‘run’ dialogue provides users
with direct access to start simulations.
The bookmarks feature allows charts
to be updated automatically upon
completion of a design iteration,
enabling users to compare the effects of
a given modification. Multiple bookmark
plots can be used concurrently to create
a detailed understanding of the system
across multiple iterations.
In addition, Flowmaster for the first
time offers integration with leading pipe
stress computer-aided engineering
(CAE) tools. The hydro-dynamic force
generated by a fluid transient event can
be calculated in Flowmaster and the
resulting force-history can be exported
to both SST Caepipe and Intergraph
Caesar II for pipe stress analysis.
The seamless interfaces in the
Flowmaster product facilitate geometry
and data transfer between the two CAE
tools.
Users will receive complete system
performance results under transient
conditions early in the design process
by using this feature.
Mentor Graphics Corp – USA
Flowmaster thermal management software
features integration with 1D pipe stress
products for fluid-force predictions