Most powerful PC-based CFD software yet claimed
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CHAM product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 18, 2001
CHAM has announced the launch of Phoenics 3.4, which it says is the most powerful, flexible and cost-effective program to date for constructing, visualising and solving complex CFD problems on a PC
CHAM, (Concentration, Heat and Momentum) has announced the launch of Phoenics 3.4, the latest version of its CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software package.
Applications of Phoenics span a number of industries including automotive, aerospace, biomedical, chemical and materials processing, electronics, environmental, HVAC, power generation, etc.
If the application involves fluid flow, Phoenics has a role to play.
Mark Wilkinson, Sales Manager of CHAM comments: "With the release of Version 3.4, Phoenics can more easily address an extended range of physical processes.
We believe this is the most powerful, flexible and cost-effective program to date for constructing, visualising and solving complex CFD problems using a standard desktop PC." The launch of Phoenics 3.4 sees a total of nine major enhancements in the form of new models as well as general improvements made across the board.
These include the addition of In-Form, improving the simulation capabilities and making formula writing easy.
A new stand-alone Shape-Maker program enables users to create complex geometries, as well as view and modify the models all within the Phoenics environment.
This complements existing technology that allows solid modelling geometry to be imported from CAD.
In addition, the Phoenics Manager has been introduced, a radical new way of activating models.
This system incorporates labelled buttons with 'hover-help' to describe their functions making it no longer necessary to remember and then key in commands.
The Manager is also easily customisable allowing users to create their own buttons, letting them display or action what they chose.
Speed and performance enhancements have also been included to drastically reduce computer run-time delays.
These include the new Migal multi-grid solver, and new advances in the use of parallel-processing systems.
In addition, there are improvements to the functionality of the virtual reality Editor and Viewer.
During the early 1980's CHAM became the first company to develop a general-purpose CFD code, a sophisticated analysis technique which models any process involving fluid flow, heat/mass transfer, chemical reaction and/or combustion.
Phoenics has been applied to an extensive range of industrial and environmental applications, and continuous development keeps the code in the forefront of CFD technology.
Thousands of research and design engineers world-wide rely upon Phoenics as part of an integrated CAD analysis system.
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