Simcenter STAR-CCM+
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| name = Simcenter STAR-CCM+
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| caption = Simcenter STAR-CCM+ running on Windows 10
| developer = Siemens PLM Software
| released = 2004
| latest_release_version = Version 2302
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| language = English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
| genre = Computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics simulation
| license = Proprietary
| website = [https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/simcenter/fluids-thermal-simulation/star-ccm/ Simcenter STAR-CCM+ website]
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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.
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.{{Cite web|title=STAR-CCM+|url=https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Siemens Digital Industries Software}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Spinout companies {{!}} Faculty of Engineering {{!}} Imperial College London|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mechanical-engineering/about-us/spinout-companies/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.imperial.ac.uk}} STAR-CD was widely used most notably in the automotive industry.{{Cite web|title=CD-adapco Helps Renault To Succes [sic]|url=https://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/149824/Cdadapco_Helps_Renault_To_Succes/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.gptoday.com|date=10 April 2006 }} STAR-CCM+ aimed to take advantage of more modern programming methods and to provide an expandable framework.
STAR-CCM+ was announced at the 2004 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference in Reno, Nevada.{{Cite web|title=Dynamics Magazine Issue 22, Spring 2004|url=http://mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com/magazine/dynamics-22|access-date=2020-07-03|website=mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com}} A unique feature was a generalized polyhedral cell formulation, allowing the solver to handle any mesh type imported.{{Cite web|title=CFD Review {{!}} CD adapco Group Releases STAR-CCM+|url=http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/04/05/06/1358254.shtml|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.cfdreview.com}} The first official release included the first commercially available polyhedral mesher, offering faster model convergence compared to an equivalent tetrahedral mesh.{{Cite web|title=CFD Review {{!}} CD-adapco Releases STAR-CCM+ Box Set|url=http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/05/03/18/2130238.shtml|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.cfdreview.com}}{{Cite journal|last=Peric|first=Milovan|date=2004|title=New Development in Numerical Methods|url=https://www.ercoftac.org/publications/ercoftac_bulletin/bulletin_62/|journal=ERCOFTAC Bulletin|volume=62|via=ERCOFTAC}}
Development
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is developed according to a continual improvement process, with a new version released every four months.{{Cite news|date=February 29, 2008|title=STAR-CCM+ V3.02: Three is the Magic Number|work=CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive|url=https://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2008/9/05/09.05.05.htm}} The program uses a client-server architecture,{{cite thesis|last=Palazzi|first=Antonello|date=2018|title=Nuclear thermal hydraulic analysis using coupled CFD and system codes|type=PhD|chapter=3.2|publisher=Imperial College London|chapter-url=https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/66267/1/Palazzi-A-2018-PhD-Thesis.pdf|access-date=July 6, 2020}} implemented using object-oriented programming.
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
| class="wikitable" |
| 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 |
| 2410
| October 2024 |
| 2502
| February 2025 |
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
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External links
- [https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html Simcenter STAR-CCM+ webpage]
- [https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/simcenter/product/simcenter-star-ccm/ Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on Simcenter Community]
- [https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000MikhWAC/simcenter-starccm Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Technical Forum]
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