Simulation Water Wave around cylindrical Body

Figure1: CAD model generated in NOGRID's COMPASS

Figure 2: Setup within NOGRID points' GUI

Figure 3: Velocity and free surface at a certain time step

Figure 4: Animation of the water wave around a cylinder

This example shows the possibilities of simulation of  water waves using the meshless CFD software NOGRID points. Shown on the left is an ocean water wave slamming against and flowing around a cylindrical body (building).

Due to the special architecture of the cylinder the wave front becomes a special characteristic which is typical for such flows. Integration of the forces acting upon the cylinder helps to evaluate the buildings' stability in many different weather conditions. The effectiveness of architectural improvements can be judged quickly. Based on the geometrical model which can either be imported from your CAD or created with our CAD preprocessor COMPASS you can generate a computer model of a specific geometry in a very short time (compared to mesh-based methods) and see its thermal characteristics in advance.

NOGRID points can be used for the designing of buildings or structures which are forced by water waves. The software helps to understand the flow by visualization of the mass, momentum and heat transfer of single and multiple phases. You receive integral quantities which you can use to analyze the forces acting on the walls efficiency.

NOGRID unites abilities to handle multi-phase flows and allows the simulation of any conceivable geometry and operation modes such as

  • computation is in full 3D solving complete Navier-Stokes-Equations
  • easy and intuitive setup of the free surface flow case
  • free definable material properties by equations or curves for each fluid
  • large geometries with small gaps or holes
  • moving of additional parts or boundaries
  • any material combination or the fluids and for the building material

 

Nogrid's strengths

Particular strengths of NOGRID's fluid flow CFD software are the rapid preprocessing (no fluid grid needs to be generated, only the boundary mesh, inner finite points are generated automatically depending on User setting initially and during computation), and the outstandingly short computation time even for complicated cavities.
As you can see in the image below, the boundary of the geometry still requires a mesh to allow the interior finite points to detect the boundary. The boundary must therefore be meshed and the finite points inside are automatically generated during the simulation controlled by User specifications.
Easy Modelling

Easy and fast modelling: Build geometry, mesh boundary, setup the case and start computation

What is CFD from NOGRID?

 

CFD solves the fundamental equations that define the fluid flow process. With CFD software from NOGRID every engineer makes better decisions by predicting, analyzing and controlling fluid flow, heat and mass transfer or chemical reaction. By using NOGRID software for flow modeling you receive information on essential flow characteristics as for example flow distribution. Using it additional to testing and experimentation NOGRID software helps to improve the evaluation of your design – resulting in better construction and operation parameters, increasing planning security and money savings due to faster time to the marketplace for your product or process.

 

Choose NOGRID

 

With NOGRID, you choose professional CFD software and services – our aim is helping you to be successful. When you decide to work with NOGRID you choose close cooperation with a dynamic, flat hierarchies-organization. Short information channels result in quick and accurate professional support and service. Our team consists of highly qualified employees, who are experts in fields such as numerical simulation or computational fluid dynamics. Based on our know-how, we are pleased to offer the following services, responding to your individual requirements:

 

TRAINING

 

In our two-days training courses you will learn, how to use NOGRID CFD software efficiently. Our technical support team will teach you how to handle and solve different cases.

For more details please refer to Training Courses →

 

Technical Support

 

We offer full professional support from the minute you start using our software, by telephone or by email. Contact us, when ever needed.

For more details please refer to Software Support

 

Service

 

Lack of time or resources and other constraints often make outsourcing an attractive solution. We help you with your flow modeling needs. Based on our engineering expertise in this field we offer individual numerical simulation services matching the unique needs of your organization.

For more details please refer to Simulation Services →

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