Successes or not, in which areas? TIA JM
One of the areas I want to use it for is air/ gas mix in burners. I have asked my VAR for a benchmark against a known burner that we spent quite a lot of time fine tuning. From what I have seen, it seems that the results look alike. The detailed results and the way to get to them will be presented in a couple of weeks.
One thing you have to remember is that FloWorks is not an SRAC product. They are just repackaging it for SW. As such they would have to pass your problem on to others and this is generally not very efficient. Most CAE codes that I have come across have an examples folder buried in the installation folder. I know Cosmos/M does have this. CFDesign also has it as do the Nastrans, ANSYS, Fluent, etc. I would be surprised if FloWorks doesn't have this because I believe they used to. They compare their codes to classical problems of course. In my thinking CFD codes are more difficult to run well when compared to FEA codes because the solution is not as simple as solving Kd=f like it is in FEA. So if the vendor doesn't have people who have actual CFD experience and a degree in a related field I would be a little shy because you will need that kind of help at some point. TOP
Thanks for your answer. But I need some translations: SRAC= ? Not so sure about: CAE CFD Thanks In Advance JM
SRAC (Structural Research and Analysis Corporation?) was the company that wrote Cosmos. They are now part of SolidWorks. Computer Aided Engineering, such as Cosmos. Computational Fluid Dynamics, such as FlowWorks. Jerry Steiger
