Flow Simulation
Fluid flow, heat transfer, and fluid forces are critical to the success of your product designs. Validate these aspects with ease using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation software.
With SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, you can break down excessively complex designs and eliminate high simulation costs, historically required for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.
On top of this, it is embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD which enables SOLIDWORKS users to simulate liquid and gas flows through real-world conditions and run “what if” scenarios to swiftly calculate product performance and capabilities. This will also allow users to compare design variations to make better decisions that lead to quality products with superior performance.
What is SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation?
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is a powerful computational fluid dynamics tool used to analyze the flow trajectories of gases and liquids, including immiscible fluids. This software allows users to simulate supersonic gas flows as well as model transient events in order to gain an accurate thermal analysis. With this tool, engineers are able to quickly and efficiently analyze complex scenarios, saving both time and money.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis, commonly known as CFD analysis, is a technique that deals with the validation of fluid flow using numerical solutions. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation uses an intuitive CFD solution integrated into SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD that enables users to swiftly and efficiently calculate fluid flows, simulate heat transfer, and analyze the impacts of fluid and gas on product performance and capabilities.
Thermal Comfort Factors
Predict, analyze and achieve airflow and comfort parameters in working and living environments using the analysis of thermal comfort factor and the HVAC Application Module in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation.
Simulation Visualization
Make better decisions earlier in the design process while ensuring ultimate product performance and safety. All thanks to the reporting and visualization features of SOLIDWORKS Simulation, you can easily assess and compare design variations and alternatives to accelerate time-to-market.
Fluid Flow Analysis
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation allows users to simulate the impact of liquid and/or gas on product performance for various engineering scenarios. This provides vital insights to the CAD-Embedded SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation user the upper hand to address problems early and eliminate the need for costly prototypes and reworks.
Electronics Thermal Management
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation gives product engineers the capability to import thermal properties from CircuitWorks™ ECAD files to SOLIDWORKS which facilitates setting up the CFD analysis for cooling simulation of electronic components to define PCBs and heat sources. This includes specific heat, conductivity for PCBs, dielectric and conductor density, and volumetric heat sources from components.
Thermal Fluid Analysis
The Thermal Fluid Analysis uses the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to analyze conjugate heat transfer in the product - thermal conduction in solids, convection between fluid and solid, and radiation.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation | SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation (HVAC) | SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation (Electric Cooling) | |
Ease of Use/Intuitiveness/Concurrent Engineering | |||
Fully Embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD | X | X | X |
Local and Worldwide Support Services | X | X | X |
Support SOLIDWORKS Configurations | X | X | X |
Flow Conditions | |||
2D/3D Flow | X | ||
Sector Periodicity | X | ||
Internal & External Fluid Flow | X | ||
Steady-state Fluid Flow | X | ||
Time-dependent Fluid Flows | X | ||
Combustible Mixtures | X | ||
Mixed Flows | X | ||
Separated Flows – Fluid Sub-domains | X | ||
Compressible Gas and Incompressible Fluids | X | ||
Subsonic, Transonic and Supersonic Flow | X | ||
Free, Forced and Mixed Convection | X | ||
Laminar and Turbulent Fluid Flows | X | ||
Porous Media | X | ||
Fluid Flows in the Models with Moving and Rotating Surfaces | X | ||
Heat Conduction in Fluid, Solid and Porous Media with/without Conjugate Heat Transfer and/or Contact Heat Resistance between Solids | X | ||
Heat Conduction in Solids Only | X | ||
Gravitational Effects | X | ||
Radiation Heat Transfer Between Solids | X | X | |
Heat Sources due to Peltier Effect | X | ||
Joule Heating due to Direct Electric Current in Electrically Conducting Solids | X | ||
Real Gases | X | ||
Cavitation in Incompressible Water Flows | X | ||
Equilibrium Volume Condensation of Water from Steam and its Inuence on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer | X | ||
Two-phase (Fluid + Particles) Flows | X | ||
Relative Humidity in Gases and Mixtures of Gases | X | ||
Tracer Study | X | ||
Comfort Parameters | X | ||
Heat Pipes/Thermal joints/Two-resistor Components | X | ||
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