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Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
Geometry
The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for creating and working with parts and 3D-CAD.
3D-CAD: Cyclone Separator
Cyclone separators provide a low-cost solution for removing particulate matter from gas or liquid flows. In Simcenter STAR-CCM+, the 3D-CAD geometry modeler provides all the tools necessary for creating this type of geometry directly.
Creating the 3D-CAD Model
The 3D-CAD modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has its own tree that opens in a dedicated panel. Here, you create an empty model and enter the modeler.
Specifying Face Names
The final step in preparing the model geometry is to specify the inlet, outlet, and interfaces (baffle and fluid) of the model by setting face names.

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Tutorials
Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
- Using Tutorial Macros and Files
  Macros, input files, and final simulation files for a range of tutorials are provided as an optional download package on the Support Center website. These macros and final simulation files are provided as an aid to the written tutorials, so that you can check your final results against the downloaded files, or against a simulation that is built and run using the macros.
- Introduction
  Welcome to the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ introductory tutorial. In this tutorial, you explore the important concepts and workflow. Complete this tutorial before attempting any others.
- Foundation Tutorials
  The foundation tutorials showcase the major features of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ in a series of short tutorials.
- Geometry
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for creating and working with parts and 3D-CAD.
  - 3D-CAD: Cyclone Separator
    Cyclone separators provide a low-cost solution for removing particulate matter from gas or liquid flows. In Simcenter STAR-CCM+, the 3D-CAD geometry modeler provides all the tools necessary for creating this type of geometry directly.
    - Creating the 3D-CAD Model
      The 3D-CAD modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has its own tree that opens in a dedicated panel. Here, you create an empty model and enter the modeler.
      - Creating the Outlet Pipe
        The outlet pipe has a circular cross-section and is created by sketching a circle on a transformed plane and then extruding the sketch.
      - Creating the Cyclone Body
        Create the main body and conical section of the cyclone separator geometry.
      - Creating the Inlet Duct
        Fluid enters the top of the chamber horizontally through a rectangular inlet duct.
      - Specifying Face Names
        The final step in preparing the model geometry is to specify the inlet, outlet, and interfaces (baffle and fluid) of the model by setting face names.
      - Bibliography
  - 3D-CAD: Freeform Surface Deformation
    Freeform surface deformation allows you to change the shape of underlying CAD surfaces. Here, you use the freeform tool to change the shape of the lower element on a rear wing from a race car.
  - Advanced Surface Freeform: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    To achieve the desired performance for a particular application, engineers often make adjustments to small areas of the geometry, or to the entire design. In 3D-CAD, you can make these small alterations using the surface freeform operation, without exporting and reimporting the geometry into Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
  - 3D-CAD: Defeature and Repair using the European Truck
    In some modeling scenarios the level of detail in an imported CAD file is higher than necessary for the simulation. To simplify geometry in these cases, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides geometry repair and defeaturing tools within 3D-CAD, along with a shape-based search function.
  - 3D-CAD Advanced Preparation: Repairing An Exhaust
    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides a suite of tools in 3D-CAD that you can use to prepare and repair imported CAD geometry so that it becomes suitable for simulation. CAD geometries that are suitable for manufacturing are not necessarily ready for simulation due to the tolerances that a manufacturing process can accept.
- Mesh
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for building CFD meshes.
- Incompressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for incompressible fluid flows as well as porosity and solution recording
- Compressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for compressible fluid flows as well as harmonic balance.
- Heat Transfer and Radiation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for heat transfer, radiation, and thermal comfort.
- Multiphase Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating multiphase fluid flow problems
- Discrete Element Method
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating Discrete Element Method problems
- Motion
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for simulating problems with moving geometries and meshes, dynamic fluid body interaction, and rigid body motion:
- Reacting Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating reacting flows such as combustion.
- Solid Stress
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for computing deformation, strain, and stresses in solid regions. They also show how such computations can be coupled to the fluid behavior in an analysis of fluid-structure interaction.
- Aeroacoustics
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for solving aeroacoustic simulations.
- Electromagnetism
  The following tutorials illustrate features for solving problems that involve electromagnetic fields.
- Electrochemistry
  The following tutorial demonstrates chemical reactions induced by an electrical current.
- Battery
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for setting up a battery model:
- Automation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ automation and macro features.
- Design Exploration
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various features for running design exploration studies in Design Manager.
- Coupling with CAE Codes
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for coupling with CAE codes:
- Analysis Methods
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for analysing and visualizing simulation data.
- Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder
  The tutorials in this set illustrate features for simulating internal combustion engines in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ using the dedicated add-on Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder.

Specifying Face Names

The final step in preparing the model geometry is to specify the inlet, outlet, and interfaces (baffle and fluid) of the model by setting face names.

When the 3D-CAD model is imported into the simulation via geometry parts, faces that have specified names are defined as separate part surfaces. Then, when the geometry is assigned to a region, you can choose to automatically distinguish these surfaces as distinct boundaries.

Name the faces for the inlet and outlet:

Rotate the model so that the inlet duct is visible.
Right-click the rectangular inlet face and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Inlet and click OK.
Right-click the circular face at the top of the outlet pipe and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Outlet and click OK.

When naming faces for an interface, you must successively identify the faces on each side of an interface. This procedure generally requires you to hide whole bodies so that the interfacing surfaces are exposed.

To name the faces for the interface:

Under Body Groups, right-click the Main Body node and select Hide.
Right-click the bottom face of the outlet pipe and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Fluid_Int_Outlet and click OK.
Right-click on the curved surface of the baffle and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Baffle_Int_Outlet and click OK.
Under Body Groups, right-click the Main Body node and select Show.
Right-click the Outlet Pipe node and select Hide.
Click (Make Scene Transparent).
Right-click the bottom face of the outlet pipe inside the main body and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Fluid_Int_Main and click OK.
Right-click the curved surface of the baffle inside the main body and select Rename.
In the Rename dialog, enter Baffle_Int_Main and click OK.
Right-click in the 3D-CAD View scene and select Restore > Hidden Bodies.

The geometry is now complete and you can exit 3D-CAD.

At the bottom of the object tree, click Close 3D-CAD.
Save the simulation.