CFD Applications

The development of CFD in its formative years was mostly driven by the Aerospace industry. From the initial design and development phases of an aircraft the application of CFD is prominent in various modules of aerodynamics design such as configuration design, estimation of aerodynamic loads, estimation of stability derivatives and performance of engines. The design and development of today’s state of the art missiles and launch vehicles would be unimaginable without CFD.

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The fuel efficient and stream lined automobiles in today’s market are results of extensive use of CFD analysis. For example, CFD tools play a big part in external aerodynamics, the engine coolant jacket, under hood thermal management and passenger comfort.

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CFD is used for building aerodynamics, hydraulic systems, aeroacoustics, fire and smoke simulation resulting in improved safety features at lower costs.

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CFD is a major tool in solving hydrodynamic problems associated with harbors, ships, submarines, torpedoes, oil exploration platforms, and so on.

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CFD is used for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration applications. CFD analysis gives a detailed description of fluid flow, heat transfer and chemical species transfer in HVAC systems.

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Heavy engineering is another industry that has a strong presence of CFD applications. CFD provides greater insight for the design of products, such as earth moving machinery, cranes and excavators

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CFD applications in the chemical industry involve combustion, mixing, multiphase flows and cavitation for evaluating the accurate heat/mass transfer parameters.

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CFD analysis can provide great value in predicting temperature distribution over a chip and the deposition rate therefore reducing the number of experiments.

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The application of CFD in the medical industry includes analysis of blood circulation, impact of artery blockage, air circulation in lungs, and so on.

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