Why is it always so hard to prepare geometry for CFD mesh generation? Here are the top reasons and how to handle them. Prepping this model for CFD mesh generation was likely the most time-intensive ...

FloEFD mesh refinement tools help users specify high quality mesh settings faster and more accurately. Mesh refinement based on distance from the model’s surface. (All images courtesy of Mentor ...

An excellent article on CFD meshing by John Chawner, from blog.pointwise.com: “We know embarrassingly little about how the mesh affects the CFD solution,” said Prof. Carl Ollivier-Gooch of the ...

The Voronoi diagram, or Thiessen Polygon maps, or Dirichlet tessellation, is formed when a plane is partitioned into polygons, and each polygon encompasses one generating point. In other words, in a ...

Hydac USA in Bethlehem, Pa., which provides fluid-power products, recently decided to assess computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to analyze flow in models. But the company was having ...

London, UK Creative Fields, a provider of the state-of-the-art CFD meshing software, is proud to announce the release of CF-MESH+ 2.2. CF-MESH+ is a fully automated and easy-to-use CFD meshing ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced today that it has acquired Pointwise, Inc., a leader in mesh generation for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) ...

In computational fluid dynamics (CFD), meshing is a critical step for achieving reliable simulations, especially when combined with a robust solver strategy. As turbomachinery blade geometries become ...

One of the fundamental properties affecting aerodynamic performance of a body is its shape. Demands for improved performance and optimization of airframe shape simulation and analysis continue to ...

Pointwise Version 16.04 CFD meshing software comes with a range of new tools. For example, a proprietary surface-meshing algorithm first developed for Pointwise’s Gridgen software is now available in ...