The Fluid Dynamics Engineer Role on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform allows users to select between three turbulence models: Spalart-Allmaras, SST k-ω, and Realizable k-ε. In this article, we'll break them down to help you gain a better understanding of the differences between them and the strengths and limitations of each.
As advanced simulation software like Abaqus becomes ever more important to developing highly competitive products, manufacturers are looking for ways to expand their FEA capabilities. Many of those manufacturers may begin by looking to hire FEA or CFD or emag simulation engineers, but this may not be the most cost-effective approach.
Ever-increasing computing capabilities have allowed program developers to incorporate the fundamental engineering equations describing fluid flow into fast and accurate CFD simulation programs. CFD results allow virtual comparison of multiple design ideas and examination of the tradeoffs. In the process, the number of prototypes needed to achieve an acceptable design can be significantly reduced.
The material database, or material palette, is the repository for all solid and fluid materials typically associated with structural or fluid analyses. Out of the box, the material database of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform is empty. To best represent your use case, we recommend creating custom materials based on your material data sheets or material test data.
The 3DEXPERIENCE Fluid Dynamics Engineer role (also referred to as FMK) is a high-power tool that allows the user to create, modify, and run Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The Fluid Dynamics Engineer role is a general-purpose CFD tool that works in the 3DEXPERIENCE environment, allowing users the benefits of cloud storage, cloud computing, and cloud collaboration.
Unlike familiar Windows folder-based systems, files on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform are not organized into folders but into a single collaborative space. There are many benefits to storing data in this manner, including faster retrieval, optimization of resources, and more. However, one of the side-effects is potentially problematic navigation to saved files.
So, you want to use 3DEXPERIENCE with parts modeled in SOLIDWORKS? This post covers how to import parts from SOLIDWORKS into 3DEXPERIENCE. Moving forward, we will assume the design is complete and ready to be imported to 3DEXPERIENCE for Simulation (i.e., no further work in SOLIDWORKS is needed).
A beam analysis represents structural members as 1D line elements, with a set of section properties applied to represent the beam’s stiffness. Users benefit from this analysis in a massive reduction in computation time, but downsides are larger assumptions (and thus less detailed results) and more manual setup time.
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA offers a portfolio of high-end analysis programs from Dassault Systemes deployed on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This portfolio boasts structural analysis (FEA), fluid dynamics (CFD), and electromagnetic analysis technology to tackle the most comprehensive multi-physics analysis problems. This is especially significant in Industrial Equipment because of the dynamic nature of the loading conditions experience by these components. For instance, the roof crush analysis is a standard test performed on heavy machinery to ensure operator safety.