AcuSolve
AcuSolve™ is a leading general-purpose finite element-based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) flow solver with superior robustness, speed, and accuracy. AcuSolve can be used by designers and research engineers with all levels of expertise, either as a standalone product or seamlessly integrated into a powerful design and analysis application. With AcuSolve, users can quickly obtain quality solutions without iterating on solution procedures or worrying about mesh quality or topology.
Key Benefits
| Robustness | Most problems solved on the first attempt |
| Speed | Fully coupled solver on shared-memory and distributed parallel systems |
| Accuracy | Highly accurate in space and time while globally and locally conservative |
Key Features and Functionality
Conservative Equations in 3D
- Incompressible & weakly compressible Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations
- Thermal analysis and conjugate heat transfer
- Multi-layered thermal shell equations
- Multi-species transport equations
Radiation
- Gray body enclosure radiation
- View-factor computation (in parallel)
- Solar radiation model
Turbulence Models
- One- and two-equation RANS model
- Smagorinsky and Dynamic sub-grid scale LES models
- Hybrid RANS/LES (DES & DDES) models
Arbitrary Eulerian Lagrangian (ALE) Technology
- Flexible mesh movement
- Free surface simulation
- Guide surface technology
- Sliding mesh technology
Powerful User-Defined Function (UDF) Capability
- Allows definition of material models, source terms, boundary conditions, etc.
- Client-server interface with external programs
Component Technology
- Fan component
- Heat exchange component
Multiphysics Capabilities
- Rigid body dynamics coupling
- Practical Fluid/Structure Interaction (P-FSI)
- Direct-Coupling Fluid/Structure Interaction (DC-FSI)
Support for Computational Aero Acoustics (CAA) Simulations
Unstructured Mesh Support
- 4-node tetrahedron, 5-node pyramid, 6-node wedge, 8-node brick, and 10-node tetrahedron elements
Highly Effective Solver Technology
- Novel and highly efficient iterative solver for fully coupled pressure/velocity equation systems
- Fully coupled temperature/flow iterative equation solver
- Fully parallel on shared and distributed memory machines, transparent to the user
Particle Tracer
- Fast and accurate parallelized particle tracer
- Laminar and turbulent diffusion
Supported Platforms
- Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
- Windows HPC Server 2008
- Linux (x86, x86-64 and Itanium)
- HP-UX (PA-RISC and Itanium)
Datasheets
- AcuSolve™ | A Powerful General-Purpose Flow Solver. View
- Other datasheets and collaterals are available here.
