Optimize thermal performance of product or system to reduce failure and increase reliability
Cradle CFD helps you model, simulate and evaluate thermal and fluid dynamic characteristics and perform measurements that may be difficult or even impossible in full-scale tests.
Benefits And Features
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Fast and accurate CFD analysis
Advanced geometries and meshing reduce user input for lengthy simulations by up to 80%, enabling you to choose a balance between accuracy, manual operation time, and solver time, depending on the needs of the simulation.
Advanced CFD solvers
Get precise results in record time without sacrificing accuracy with Cradle CFD’s continually improving solvers.
Multi-discipline co-simulation
Cradle CFD’s reinforced Multiphysics co-simulation and chained simulation capabilities simulate realistic problems in incredible detail for definitive insights.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to check heat balance
You can check heat balance information with the following two methods:
1. Output to an L file
2. Use HeatPathView
What is y+?
The y+ is the non-dimensional distance from the wall. See article for more information.
How to know the flow rate passing through a region(face)
You can obtain the flow rate passing through an arbitrary region(face) with the following two methods:
1. Set the output conditions of the flow rate in the Preprocessor and output the flow rate to an L file.
2. Calculate the flow rate by using the output results in Postprocessor.
Coarse mesh correction (CG-STAB method)
Coarse mesh correction (CG-STAB method) is a modification of AMGCG-STAB method to solve a case in which the calculation convergence for temperature becomes a problem as in a thermal design analysis.
See article for more information.
Heat transfer coefficient displayed in Postprocessor
A heat transfer coefficient displayed in Postprocessor of scSTREAM, HeatDesigner, and SC/Tetra is the heat transfer coefficient between neighboring solid and fluid or neighboring solid and solid.
Note that the heat transfer coefficient between neighboring solid and fluid differs from the heat transfer coefficient about ambient temperature.
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