Fluid dynamics
Steady and unsteady flow from laminar to fully turbulent and from incompressible to hypersonic, on aircraft, vehicles, ships and buildings.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Multiphysics CFD: flow, heat transfer, structures and acoustics solved together.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ overview
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is Siemens' CFD-focused multiphysics simulation software. It solves fluid flow, heat transfer, fluid-structure interaction, acoustics and reacting flows in one coupled simulation, on automated meshes, from a workstation to the cloud.
Capabilities
Heat transfer
Conjugate heat transfer between fluids and solids, radiation and electronics cooling, solved in the same model as the flow.
Multiphase and particle flows
Free surfaces, droplets, bubbles, sprays and granular particles with discrete element modelling, from cyclone separators to ship hydrodynamics.
Reacting flows
Combustion, chemical reactions and electrochemistry for engines, burners, furnaces and batteries, coupled with flow and heat transfer.
Fluid-structure interaction
Computational solid mechanics inside the same simulation, so stress, deformation and flow are solved together instead of handed between tools.
Motion and aero-acoustics
Rigid and flexible body motion with overset mesh, mesh morphing and six degrees of freedom, plus aero-acoustic noise prediction.
Automated meshing and workflow
CAD repair, surface wrapping and polyhedral or trimmed-hexahedral meshing run automatically, in templated workflows that update when the design changes.
Design exploration and HPC
Design Manager evaluates whole families of designs automatically, and power licensing runs them on as many cores as needed, on premises or in the cloud.
CAD-embedded CFD
For designers, Simcenter FLOEFD runs CFD inside Designcenter NX, Designcenter Solid Edge, Creo and CATIA V5 on native geometry for fast what-if studies early in design. Results can be carried into STAR-CCM+ for detailed analysis.
Electronics cooling
Predict temperature and airflow from chip and board level up to racks and data centres, reducing physical prototypes and speeding up thermal design.
Post-processing and analytics
Comprehensive post-processing, side-by-side design comparison and reporting give engineers fast access to the results that matter and make them easy to communicate.
Industry Benefits
Tailored solutions for your industry
Integrated
All physics in one tool, no hand-offs between solvers.
Model the complexity
Flow, heat, structure and chemistry coupled in one model.
Go faster
Automated meshing and design exploration across the full operating range.
Geometric fidelity
High-fidelity surface representation and fast automated meshing capture real geometry without weeks of manual clean-up.
Scalable computation
Run on a workstation, a cluster or cloud HPC, with licensing that scales with the hardware you use.
Brochure
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD-Focused Multiphysics Simulation e-Book
PDF · 6.3 MB
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Frequently asked questions
What is Simcenter STAR-CCM+ used for?
Fluid flow, heat transfer, multiphase, reacting flow, aero-acoustics and fluid-structure interaction, from concept studies to detailed validation.
Does the subscription scale with our cluster?
Yes. Subscription options such as Power Session and Power on Demand let you run any number of cores or burst to the cloud.
Is it suitable for oil and gas applications?
Yes. It is widely used for separators, flare systems, pipelines, heat exchangers and offshore structures in the Middle East.
Can NomuTech train our CFD team?
Yes. Instructor-led STAR-CCM+ training online or in person, plus self-paced courses through an Xcelerator Academy subscription.
Do you also offer CAD-embedded CFD for designers?
Yes. Simcenter FLOEFD puts CFD inside the CAD tool for design engineers, and NomuTech supplies it alongside Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for analysts.
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Brochure
PDF6.3 MBSiemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD-Focused Multiphysics Simulation e-Book