Keynote speakers will be M. Ishii, M. Lopez de Bertodano, M. Sommerfeld.

More information and registration are available via email at cfx-info-germany@ansys.com

Multiphase flows are of great interest to a large variety of industries. The power generation, nuclear reactor technology, food production, chemical process, aero-space and automotive industries are all driving forces in this physically and phenomenologically complex field.

The goal of the conference is to bring together experimental and numerical practitioners, and foster discussion and exchange of knowledge between the two sides.

ECFM models

Jointly developed by Renault and IFP (Institut Francais du Petrole), the ECFM models are intended to address the specific combustion challenges posed by Direct Injection (DI) engines. Unlike traditional Port Fuel Injection (PFI) engines DI engines are characterized by a high degree of charge stratification. Standard models (such as the original CFM model), which require a homogeneous charge, are therefore not easily applied to DI engines. The ECFM models are not subject to this restriction and are valid in all mixture regimes, from very lean through to very rich. The models are equally applicable for GDI engines (using a spark ignition model) and for HCCI and DI Diesel engines (using an auto-ignition model).

“Our technical co-operation with AVL represents another step closer to achieving our goal of providing our users with a fully integrated system modeling capability.” Paul Burns, Automotive Product Manager.

“The multi dimensional system simulation enabled by interfacing Flowmaster with AVL BOOST and AVL EXCITE helps the development engineer to speed up the design process considerably.” Paul Herster, Product Manager, Advanced Simulation Technologies.

With some 700 member companies worldwide, the organization is the only truly independent authority on the use of computer modeling and simulation methods, and is widely respected throughout the analysis world.

PLM stands for product lifecycle management. It describes a business strategy in which an organization's products are digitally managed from conception, through maturity, to eventual retirement. PLM is a huge concept that is sometimes difficult to comprehend in its entirety. One of its critical functions is to remove the barriers between the people who design the products and those who build, sell and support their use. Implemented successfully it reduces time-to-market by streamlining design and reducing production costs. Put simply, PLM is the future of product engineering.

• Improved Geometry Construction and Clean-up Tools
• State-of-the art Meshing Size Functions
• Improved Quad paving and Boundary Layer Meshing

GAMBIT 2.1’s semi-automatic Cleanup tools have been enhanced now in v2.2. Fully automatic cleanup options are available for the most critical bottlenecks like slivers, short edges and sharp angles. A new "Cleanup Duplicate" geometry functionality has been added helping to provide full Cleanup toolkit for rapid geometry conditioning.