Over 100 participants attended 36 lectures in two parallel sessions. The lectures covered almost all fields of CFX applications including turbomachinery, chemical process, HVAC, and fire & safety. In addition, topics such as fluid-structure interaction, optimization and acoustics were addressed.

Thomas Frank gave a plenary lecture,"Numerical Simulations of Multiphase Flows using CFX 5", and Florian Menter delivered "Recent Advances in Turbulence and Transition Modeling in CFX 5". These presentations generated lots of lively discussion.

DEI’s engineers use Fluent’s software (called FLUENT) to simulate the performance of racing vehicle components. “FLUENT has been used to analyze coolant, oil, cylinder head and intake manifold flows of the engine. FLUENT has also been useful in improving the performance of the race car's over body and under body, cooling system, under hood and brake duct flows, as well as the combustion air inlet,” says Charles Jenckes, DEI’s team engineer. "In the ultra competitive world of NASCAR racing, top teams rely on tools that generate results. Fluent's suite of CFD tools allows Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to accomplish its mission of developing winning race cars and engines.”

As a sponsor/supplier to DEI, Fluent provides DEI engineers with the software, training, and unlimited technical support to ensure that they successfully introduce CFD to their intensive design environment, and achieve maximum benefit from the technology.

es-pemfc works with STAR-CD (the Group's computational fluid dynamics, CFD, code) as a specialized virtual design, prototyping and testing environment. Typical issues that can be handled include: cooling channel design, water management to optimize humidity and avoid flooding, design and operation with safe pressure balance across the membrane, and more. These aspects together with gaining a better understanding of the electrochemistry and electrical properties involved enable a better overall balance between all parameters to be achieved, leading to optimized fuel cell performance.

Participation is open for all Fluent users in India and South East Asia.

The objectives of the seminar are:

• To learn about latest developments in CFD from well-known experts in respective fields
• To present work in the areas of research or application of CFD to real engineering problems
• To provide a forum where CFD researchers and practitioners can meet and share their expertise and experiences
• To familiarize you with latest developments in Fluent software and to allow you to provide input which will influence our future product development plans

For more information or to register, please visit the Conference Website

Participants and attendees had the opportunity to get learn about a broad range of fluid flow modeling techniques and to become aware of on-going research projects carried out by top South America companies and universities. About 80 visitors attended the event during the 3 days. Dr. Brad Hutchinson from ANSYS CFX was an invited speaker and made 2 presentations - the ANSYS CFX RoadMap and a CFX Product Development Update.

Twenty-five technical presentations from customers were given and two discussion sessions (multiphase and turbomachinery) were held providing the attendees with the opportunity to exchange information about best practices. In addition, participants could attend Short-Courses on Element-based Finite Volume Method and Turbulence Modeling.

Based on feedback from attendees, this is expected to be an annual event.

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