STAR-CD Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Solver from CD-adapco
Accurate, Fast, Robust & Efficient CFD Solutions
Different versions of STAR-CD utilize Fortran
subroutines compiled with Absoft Fortran.
If you are a STAR-CD user, you will want to make sure you match
your version of STAR-CD
with the correct version of Absoft Fortran. Please see the chart
below.
If you are not a STAR-CD
user, newer versions of the Absoft compilers listed below are
available. Please use the links above to view information on current
Absoft compilers for your platform.
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The STAR-CD solver provides one of the most
effective numerical methodologies available in an
industrial CFD (Computational
Fluid Dynamics) code with the high level of accuracy
needed for complex unstructured meshes. This is delivered
with the speed, efficiency, and robustness demanded by engineering
design and development cycles. More...
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Comprehensive CFD Functionality
Not only does the STAR-CD solver provide a rich source of
models for turbulence, combustion, radiation, and multiphase
physics, it stands alone among industrial CFD (Computational
Fluid Dynamics) codes in offering all models on all mesh types.
This is the result of CD-adapco's ongoing commitment to a
"one code" philosophy. The end product is delivered within
an ISO9001:2000 accredited code development environment.
STAR-CD pre & post processing
- Graphical User Interface
- CAD Readers
- Surface Cleaning and Meshing
- Surface Wrapping
STAR-CD Physical models
- Covered Flow Regimes and Conditions
- Enhanced Treatment of Turbulence and Radiation Features
- Chemical Reaction and Combustion
- Heat and Mass Transfer
- Multiphase
- Eulerian two-phase flow modeling
- Multiphysics
STAR/KINetics
STAR/KINetics is a close coupling of STAR-CD, the leading tool
for complex flow simulation, with proprietary solvers and components
of CHEMKIN�, Reaction Design's powerful chemical kinetic simulation
package. STAR/KINetics allows researchers to seamlessly solve
reacting flows with comprehensive treatment of both detailed chemistry
and intricate flow geometries, including heterogeneous interaction
at gas-solid interfaces.
The tool's great strength lies in an unrivalled ability to predict
the interplay between fluid transport, heat transfer, and chemistry
in applications ranging from materials processing, to combustion,
and to chemical manufacture.
The
STAR-CD solver provides one of the most effective numerical
methodologies available in an industrial CFD (Computational
Fluid Dynamics) code with the high level of accuracy needed
for complex unstructured meshes. This is delivered with
the speed, efficiency, and robustness demanded by engineering
design and development cycles
STAR-CD uses state-of-the-art, proprietary numerical schemes
to achieve the highest levels of accuracy in both steady
and transient simulations, making this solver one of the
least sensitive to mesh type and quality, including distorted
tetrahedral meshes. Remarkably, this has been achieved without
sacrificing efficiency or robustness. So, whatever the choice
of mesh or engineering application, the STAR solver will
provide the best solution in the shortest time. A particular
feature of STAR-CD is its fast CPU performance for transient
flows.
As the first to introduce moving mesh into a CFD code,
CD-adapco has always been a technology leader in this area.
The meshes can not only move and deform, but they can also
slide along non-matching interfaces; furthermore, selected
cells or cell regions can be deleted or added, detached
and again attached to the core model. STAR-CD remains ahead
of its competitors when performing CFD calculations in environments
that are moving in a reciprocating fashion, from IC engines
to a beating heart!
Benchmarks are provided here for STAR-CD with several
levels of testcases.
The following is a version compatibility listing of Absoft
Fortran compilers and CD-adapco STAR-CD.
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