Motion, Mesh Adaption, and Mapping

  • Faster sliding mesh interfaces

    • Faster and more scalable interface calculation and smaller memory footprint

      • Efficient use of computational resources
      • Significantly better scalability on higher core counts
      • Applications: Unsteady drag prediction of rotating automotive wheels, electric motor cooling, VTM fan, mixing vessels
      • The "Closed Adjacent Cells" option is not available for the MBI
  • Trim with blade element method during unsteady simulation

    • Faster and more efficient unsteady simulation of rotorcraft by allowing trimming with blade element method

      • Support for unsteady and steady blade element method
      • Shortened workflow by removing the need for re-runs with adjusted trim angles
      • Faster turnaround time compared to rigid body motion
      • Applications: rotor-body interference investigation, engine inlet design
  • Anisotropic mesh refinement in the boundary layer during AMR
    • More efficient boundary layer capturing by allowing anisotropic refinement of prism layer during AMR
      • Support for isotropic, tangential, normal, as well as criterion-based refinement
      • Lower number of cells and reduced simulation time
  • Coordinate system motion management
    • Managing relative motion of coordinate systems through definition of how they should follow a body (e.g., a ship)
      • Simplified post processing visualization
      • Streamlined management of Derived parts’ (e.g., of a ship) motion