FLOW-3D Version 9.

3 Features
Meshing & Geometry
Structured finite difference/control
volume
Multi-Block Gridding with:
Nested blocks
Linked blocks
Fractional areas/volumes (FAVORTM)
for efficient & accurate geometry
definition
Solids Modeler
Imports most CAD files
Flow Type Options
Internal, external & free-surface flows
Three, two & one dimensional
problems
Transient flows
Cartesian or cylindrical coordinates
Inviscid, viscous, laminar & turbulent
flows
Non-inertial reference frames
Multiple scalar species
Two-phase flows
Heat transfer with phase change
Saturated & unsaturated porous media
Thermal Modeling Options
Natural convection
Forced convection
Conduction in fluid & solid
Fluid-solid heat transfer
Conduction
Specified heat flux
Specified solid temperature
Heat transfer to voids from fluid/
obstacles
Distributed energy sources/sinks in
fluids or solids
Radiation by emissivity
Viscous heating
Numerical Modeling Options Physical Modeling Options
Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method for fluid Scour & erosion/deposition
interfaces-TruVOF Cavitation
First, second or third order advection Phase change (liquid-vapor, liquid-solid
Sharp fluid interface tracking & liquid-gas)
Implicit & explicit modeling options Surface tension
Point, line relaxation & GMRES pressure Thermocapillary effects
solvers Wall adhesion
User-defined variables, subroutines & Wall roughness
output Vapor & gas bubbles
Utilities for runtime interaction during Solidification & melting (heat-of-
execution transformation table)
Mass/momentum/energy sources
Flow Definition Options Shear, density & temperature-
dependent viscosity
Thixotropic viscosity
General initial conditions
Symmetry Elastic stress
Rigid walls Electric field
Continuative Elastic membranes & walls
Periodic Evaporation residue
Specified pressure Dielectric phenomena
Specified velocity Electro-osmosis
Outflow Electrostatic particles
Grid overlay Electro-mechanical effects
Hydrostatic Joule heating
Custom Air entrainment
Volume flow rate Molecular & turbulent diffusion
Surface waves
Restart previous simulation Metal Casting Models
Continuation of a simulation
Overlay boundary conditions from a Solidification & melting
previous simulation Solidification shrinkage
Change mesh Microporosity
Add, delete or change model Binary segregation during solidification
parameters Solid-fraction dependent latent heat
release
Thermal die cycling
Fluid Modeling Options
Thermal stress & deformations
One incompressible fluid confined or Defect tracking
with free surfaces Cavitation potential model
Two incompressible fluids miscible or Lost-Foam casting model
with sharp interfaces Semi-solid material model
Compressible fluid subsonic, Moisture in sand & molds
transonic, supersonic Back pressure & vents
Stratified fluid Shot sleeves
Acoustic phenomena
Mass particles with variable density or
diameter

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 FLOW-3D Version 9.3 Features
Turbulence Models Special Physical Models
Prandtl mixing length General Moving Object model with 6
One-equation transport Degrees of Freedomuser specified
Two-equation - model motion or fully-coupled with fluid flow
RNG - model Rotating/spinning obstacles
Large eddy simulation Porous baffles & obstacles with linear &
quadratic flow losses
Porous Media Models Collision model
Moving object assemblies
Variable porosity
Directional porosity Discrete Particle Models
General flow losses (linear & quadratic)
Capillary pressure Massless marker particles
Unsaturated flow Mass particles of variable size/mass
Heat transfer in porous media Linear & quadratic fluid-dynamic drag
Monte-Carlo diffusion
Two-phase & Particle-Fluid momentum coupling
Coefficient of restitution or sticky
Two-component Models particles
Point or volumetric particle sources
Liquid/liquid & gas/liquid interfaces Charged particles
Two-fluid mixtures Probe particles
One compressible fluid with a dispersed
incompressible component
Two-component drift-flux User Conveniences
Two-component, vapor/non-
condensible gases Mesh & initial condition generators
Phase transformations for gas-liquid & Time-step control for accuracy &
liquid-solid stability
Automatic limited compressibility
Adiabatic bubbles
Bubbles with phase change Convergence control
Mentor help to optimize efficiency
Continuum fluid with discrete particles
Scalar transport Change solution parameters as solver
runs
Manage & launch multiple simulations
Shallow Flow Models
Shallow water model Data Processing Options
General topography
Wetting & drying Automatic or custom graph requests
Wind shear Interactive OpenGL-based graphics (grid
Ground roughness effects overlay optional)
Color or B/W vector, contour, 3D surface
& particle plots
Chemistry Models Moving history & probe data
Force & moment computations
Stiff equation solver for chemical rate Animation output
equations PostScript, JPEG & Bitmap output
Stationary or advected species Streamlines
STL geometry viewer
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Coupling with Other Programs
Geometry input from Stereolithography
(STL) files binary or ASCII
Geometry input from ANSYS or IDEAS
tetrahedral data
Direct interfaces with EnSight,
FieldView & Tecplot visualization
programs
PLOT3D output
Neutral file output
Extensive customization possibilities
Topographic data
Supported Platforms
Processors
x86/x86-32 (Intel Pentium/Xeon,
AMD Athlon/Opteron)
x86/x86-64 (Intel Pentium/Xeon/Core,
AMD Athlon/Opteron)
Operating Systems
32-bit Windows XP/Vista
64-bit Windows XP/Vista & Server 2003
32-bit Redhat Enterprise 3.0+
64-bit Redhat Enterprise 3.0+
& SUSE Enterprise 9.0+
Hardware Requirements
The hardware requirements to run
FLOW-3D depend on the number
of physical models active during the
simulation. An iso-thermal, inviscid
simulation requires roughly 1GB of
memory for 2.5 million computational
cells in double precision. Activating
turbulence & heat transfer increases the
memory requirements by about 30%.
A single precision solver reduces the
memory requirements by roughly 40%.
FLOW-3D & TruVOF are registered
in the US Patent & Trademark Office.