Are you ever ‘dropping a beat’, and it’s just not flowin’? This won’t help. I’d actually love to see a raise of hands though. How many people use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for flow analysis in their designs?

My experience with flow analysis and looking at scenarios surrounding flow of any kind has always been with a physical model, not even a 3D print. I’m talking cardboard, tape and little whispies glued every few inches to show turbulent areas as air passes by. This is where CFDesign comes in.

I had a chance to talk with Derrek Cooper, Program Manager at Blue Ridge Numerics, makers of CFDesign. He demoed a few ways the program is able to simplify analysis and how it can extend to a lot of different applications. Here’s what’s interesting me and making those cardboard models look better in the trash bin.
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