Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based simulation software developed by Siemens Digital Industries Software. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ allows the modeling and analysis of a range of engineering problems involving fluid flow, heat transfer, stress, particulate flow, electromagnetics and related phenomena.
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 Simcenter STAR-CCM+ running on Windows 10 | |
| Developer(s) | Siemens PLM Software |
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| Initial release | 2004 |
| Stable release | Version 2021.3
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| Platform | Linux, Windows |
| Available in | English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean |
| Type | Computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics simulation |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Simcenter STAR-CCM+ website |
Formerly known as STAR-CCM+, the software was first developed by CD-adapco and was acquired by Siemens Digital Industries Software as part of the purchase of CD-adapco in 2016. It is now a part of the Simcenter Portfolio of software tools.[1]
History
Development work on STAR-CCM+ was started after a decision was taken to design a new, integrated CFD tool to replace the existing product STAR-CD which had been developed during the 1980s and 1990s by Computational Dynamics Ltd, a spin-off company from an Imperial College London CFD research group.[2] STAR-CD was widely used most notably in the automotive industry.[3] STAR-CCM+ aimed to take advantage of more modern programming methods and to provide an expandable framework.[4]
STAR-CCM+ was announced at the 2004 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference in Reno, Nevada.[5] A unique feature was a generalized polyhedral cell formulation, allowing the solver to handle any mesh type imported.[4] The first official release included the first commercially available polyhedral mesher, offering faster model convergence compared to an equivalent tetrahedral mesh.[6][7]
Development
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is developed according to a continual improvement process, with a new version released every four months.[8] The program uses a client-server architecture,[9] implemented using object-oriented programming.[8]
Capabilities
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is primarily Computational fluid dynamics software which uses the Finite element analysis or Finite volume method to calculate the transport of physical quantities on a discretized mesh. For fluid flow the Navier–Stokes equations are solved in each of the cells. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has multiphysics capabilities including:
Release history
| Version | Release Date |
|---|---|
| 1.04 | October 2004 |
| 1.06 | December 2004 |
| 1.08 | January 2005 |
| 2.02 | November 2005 |
| 2.04 | October 2006 |
| 2.06 | February 2007 |
| 3.02 | March 2008 |
| 3.04 | July 2008 |
| 3.06 | November 2008 |
| 4.02 | March 2009 |
| 4.04 | July 2009 |
| 4.06 | November 2009 |
| 5.02 | February 2010 |
| 5.04 | June 2010 |
| 5.06 | October 2010 |
| 6.02 | March 2011 |
| 6.04 | July 2011 |
| 6.06 | October 2011 |
| 7.02 | March 2012 |
| 7.04 | June 2012 |
| 7.06 | November 2012 |
| 8.02 | March 2013 |
| 8.04 | June 2013 |
| 8.06 | October 2013 |
| 9.02 | February 2014 |
| 9.04 | June 2014 |
| 9.06 | October 2014 |
| 10.02 | February 2015 |
| 10.04 | June 2015 |
| 10.06 | October 2015 |
| 11.02 | February 2016 |
| 11.04 | June 2016 |
| 11.06 | October 2016 |
| 12.02 | February 2017 |
| 12.04 | June 2017 |
| 12.06 | October 2017 |
| 13.02 | February 2018 |
| 13.04 | June 2018 |
| 13.06 | October 2018 |
| 2019.1 | February 2019 |
| 2019.2 | June 2019 |
| 2019.3 | October 2019 |
| 2020.1 | February 2020 |
| 2020.2 | June 2020 |
| 2020.3 | October 2020 |
| 2021.1 | February 2021 |
| 2021.2 | June 2021 |
| 2021.3 | October 2021 |
| 2022.1 | February 2022 |
Usage
Prior to CD-adapco's acquisition by Siemens, the customer base was approximately 3,200 accounts with 52% of licence sales attributed to the automotive industry.
See also
References
- "STAR-CCM+". Siemens Digital Industries Software. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- "Spinout companies | Faculty of Engineering | Imperial College London". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- "CD-adapco Helps Renault To Succes [sic]". www.gptoday.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- "CFD Review | CD adapco Group Releases STAR-CCM+". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- "Dynamics Magazine Issue 22, Spring 2004". mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- "CFD Review | CD-adapco Releases STAR-CCM+ Box Set". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- Peric, Milovan (2004). "New Development in Numerical Methods". ERCOFTAC Bulletin. 62 – via ERCOFTAC.
- "STAR-CCM+ V3.02: Three is the Magic Number". CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive. February 29, 2008.
- Palazzi, Antonello (2018). "3.2". Nuclear thermal hydraulic analysis using coupled CFD and system codes (PDF) (PhD). Imperial College London. Retrieved July 6, 2020.