Symscape’s SymLab RANS Flow 2.0 Released

The new SymLab RANS Flow add-on for Windows and Linux as part of the latest release of SymLab (v2.0). SymLab is a unified simulation environment which can be extended using add-ons into a complete Computer-Aided Engineering system for fluid flow analysis.

SymLab RANS Flow

The new SymLab RANS Flow add-on can simulate realistic (viscous) gas and liquid flow with heat transfer using state-of-the-art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). SymLab RANS Flow makes it easy to simulate complex fluid flow around and through your design with SymLab's automated meshing tools and its easy-to-use visualization tools.

SymLab RANS Flow uses a custom version of OpenFOAM¹ that is capable of simulating complex fluid flow and heat transfer over and through virtually any configuration, whether it be the external flow over a wind-turbine, aircraft, car, or a submersible, or the internal flow through a computer case, mining drill, pipe, or duct.

SymLab v2.0 Enhancements

Amongst many SymLab v2.0 enhancements, the highlights are:

• Improvements in the robustness of the triangle and tetrahedral meshing algorithms and improved quality of the meshes that both tools produce
• The quadrilateral and hexahedral meshing algorithms are no longer constrained to have equal resolution in all topological directions
• SymLab can now exploit multi-processor/core CPUs to speed up certain operations, such as the solution time for the solver used in the SymLab Panel Flow add-on

SymLab RANS Flow is also included in the SymLab Professional add-on, which provides a complete Computer-Aided Engineering system for fluid flow analysis, and contains:

• RANS Flow
• Panel Flow: use a panel method to simulate idealized (inviscid) fluid flow around streamlined shapes and through simple ducts
• Builder: create and modify 2D and 3D geometry
• Transient: explore time-dependent simulations and visualization of results
• Exchange: import and export IGES, STEP and faceted file formats
• Viz Export: export 3D results to high resolution, high quality renderers and other visualization packages

For more information and free trials, visit http://www.symscape.com/