Next Limit Xflow v2016.1.0.98 (x64)
 

New Particle-Based Tracking solver: Faster, more robust and adapted to high inertial multiphase flows

New Phase Field multiphase solver with better modeling of the surface tension effects and flows separation

Improved Computing Performance

Optimization of operations per second performed by the solver on the bulk lattice nodes

Optimization of the MPI information transfer between computational nodes

Moving parts tracking optimization

More Thermal Capabilities

Coupled Energy

New thermal model to solve both energy and momentum equations
Applications:
Pistons compression/expansion, Compression Pumps

New Heat Transfer Coefficient field:
Available for thermal flows based on the heat flux
Available for Isothermal flows based on the skin friction
Thermal coupling with NASTRAN via the temperature field and HTC
Improved Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) model
New implementation of the thermal wall models for simulations beyond the Reynolds analogy (Prandtl = 1)

Discrete Phase Model

New parameters to define the DPM:
New variables to control the particles-solids interaction
Initial particles distribution inside a source volume
New graphical post-processing capabilities:
Particles displayed by diameters
Particles colored by their ID to better track their trajectory
New numerical post-processing capabilities:
Particles size distribution on the inlet and outlet
Particles size distribution inside a control volume