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.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Developer(s)Siemens PLM Software
Initial release2004
Stable release
Version 2302
PlatformLinux, Windows
Available inEnglish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
TypeComputational fluid dynamics and multiphysics simulation
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteSimcenter 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

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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

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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

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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

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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
2206 June 2022
2210 October 2022
2302 February 2023
2306 June 2023
2310 October 2023
2402 February 2024

Usage

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "STAR-CCM+". Siemens Digital Industries Software. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. ^ "Spinout companies | Faculty of Engineering | Imperial College London". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. ^ "CD-adapco Helps Renault To Succes [sic]". www.gptoday.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  4. ^ a b "CFD Review | CD adapco Group Releases STAR-CCM+". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  5. ^ "Dynamics Magazine Issue 22, Spring 2004". mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  6. ^ "CFD Review | CD-adapco Releases STAR-CCM+ Box Set". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  7. ^ Peric, Milovan (2004). "New Development in Numerical Methods". ERCOFTAC Bulletin. 62 – via ERCOFTAC.
  8. ^ a b "STAR-CCM+ V3.02: Three is the Magic Number". CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive. February 29, 2008.
  9. ^ Palazzi, Antonello (2018). "3.2" (PDF). Nuclear thermal hydraulic analysis using coupled CFD and system codes (PhD). Imperial College London. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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