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ANSYS FLOTRAN
Product Features
Modeling 2-D planar, polar, axisymmetric 3-D Cartesian or cylindrical Steady-state or transient Incompressible or compressible flows Subsonic or supersonic inlets Laminar or turbulent flow Newtonian or non-Newtonian flow Heat transfer free/forced convection, conduction, and radiation Multiple species transport 2-D free surface (boundaries) (VOF) Non-isotropic porous media Lumped parameter models for fans and distributed resistance models Inertial (stationary) or non-inertial (rotating) frame of reference Turbulence Models Zero-equation, Standard (wall functions), RNG, Girimajis, Shih, Zhu and Lumleys k-e Meshing Quad, triangular, hexahedral, tet, prism, pyramid and mixed shapes 2-D boundary layer Local mesh refinement and automatic mesh sweeping Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) dynamic mesh scheme Mesh-morphing based on structural displacements, with large boundary/domain changes Numerics Finite element method based on fully unstructured meshes SUPG, COLG, MSU discretization schemes 2 nd order implicit time discretization SIMPLEF or enhanced SIMPLEN solution algorithm (cont.)
Volume of fluid (VOF) capability allows analysis of droplet formation from devices such as this inkjet printer head.

Some of todays most challenging computer-aided engineering studies involve the simulation of flowing liquids and gases, known as computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
The effects of fluid flow impact the performance of a wide range of products including aerospace propulsion systems, heat exchangers, electronics thermal management systems, biomedical devices such as artificial heart valves, stents and drug delivery systems. From automotive fuel injectors, fans, pumps and filters, to tiny microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology, CFD can have complicated and profound effects on your own product designsno matter what their size or application.

To answer questions concerning how your designs will respond to the effects of fluid flow, choose the CFD software package backed by the ANSYS name. ANSYS FLOTRAN is a powerful finite element-based CFD analysis tool with steady-state or transient fluid flow and heat transfer capabilities. Featuring automatic unstructured
Micro fluid oscillator device uses a pair of Tesla channel valves to perturb continuous flow from side to side forming a fluid switch that can be used to drive reciprocating mechanisms.

meshing tools, solid numerical algorithms, advanced turbulence models, an extensive suite of powerful matrix solvers and informative graphicswith support for multiple graphic formatsANSYS FLOTRAN offers the most comprehensive CFD simulation platform available for its price.

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Product Features
Boundary Conditions Inlet velocity Inlet or outlet relative static pressure Inlet static or total temperature Inlet concentration for multiple species Inlet turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate Tangential and normal wall velocities Symmetric and periodic boundaries Temperature, heat flux, external convection and radiation, and heat generation Material Properties Isotropic, orthotropic, functional or tabular input Temperature and species composition-dependence User-definable property database Non-Newtonian models: power law, Bingham, Carreau, userdefined law Solvers Pre-conditioned Conjugate Gradient (PCG), Conjugate Residual (PCCR), Generalized Minimum Residual (PGMR), Bi-Conjugate Gradient (PBCG) Pre-conditioned Tri-Diagonal Matrix Algorithm (TDMA) Sparse Matrix Direct Graphics and Post-Processing Visualization of convergence norms during solution Contour plot, isosurfaces and animation of: pressure, velocity vectors, streamline particle tracing Pressure and shear stress integration Translucency and surface texturing Graphic formats: BMP, EPS, TIFF, JPEG, VRML, WMF and EMF

ANSYS FLOTRAN is available as a stand-alone CFD tool or can be added easily to other products in the ANSYS software suite, such as ANSYS Professional or ANSYS Mechanical. If your design problems involve complex fluid-structure interactions (FSI), consider upgrading to ANSYS Multiphysics, the ultimate coupled-field simulation package.

Streamlines in a Jet Impingement Heat Exchanger.

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