STAR-CD Solver

STAR-CD provides one of the most effective numerical methodologies available in an industrial CFD code with the high level of accuracy needed for complex unstructured meshes. This is delivered with the speed, efficiency and robustness demanded by engineering design and development cycles.

STAR-CD uses state-of-the-art, proprietary numerical schemes to achieve the highest levels of accuracy in both steady and transient simulations, making STAR-CD one of the least sensitive codes to mesh type and quality, including distorted tetrahedral meshes. Remarkably, this has been achieved without sacrificing efficiency or robustness. So, whatever the choice of mesh or engineering application, STAR-CD will provide the best solution in the shortest time.

Alternative solvers are available within the pro-STAR environment, including a parallelised algebraic multigrid option and a version optimised for high-speed compressible flows.

STAR-CD’s flexibility in accepting almost any mesh structure and/or cell shape makes it ideal for adaptive meshing. GUI-based tools provide an automated environment to adapt your mesh, based not only on solution variables but, uniquely, on actual numerical errors. This allows optimisation of models, with refinement of cells in areas where they are most needed.

See also:

Pre and Post Processing

Physical Models