STAR-CD is a multipurpose one "heavy " CFD- development package CD-adapco group ( formerly known as Computational Dynamics Ltd), including procedures for the so-called first " Moving mesh " .
Efficient algorithm parallelization decisions based on the application of the method of finite volumes , combined with unique methods of automated partitioning flow region allow to simulate tasks of any geometric complexity . One of the first areas of the program has been widely used automotive industry, then STAR-CD has spread across industries. The quality assurance program is extensive collaboration with industrial corporations , engineering firms and research centers (Daimler-Chrysler, Imperial College, Aerospatiale-Missiles , etc.). Areas of use STAR-CD
Transportation - Aerospace , Automotive , Railway , Shipbuilding aerodynamics ; climate control and safety of passengers ; engine cooling system ; fuel injection system ; catalysts ; combustion processes in internal combustion engines , gas turbines , rocket engines ; a turbine ; hydrodynamics of ships - around the body , propellers, water jets , etc.
Energy - nuclear , hydro , solar , fuel (coal , fuel oil, gas) evaporators and condensers , steam and water turbines ; combustion chamber and the furnace (gas , liquid and solid ); cooling nuclear reactors; treatment facilities
Chemical and process mixers, rectifiers , reactors, separators , cyclones , distillation columns , refrigerators, gazoosushki systems , furnaces , boilers , security systems and treatment facilities
General machinery Centrifugal pumps; heat exchangers ; heat exchangers ; flowmeters ; pipes and valves , dampers , etc. Construction ventilation and cooling system , climate control ( temperature and humidity conditions ) modeling of wind and thermal ( solar ) loads; floods ; fires ( fire propagation and smoke) ; treatment facilities , etc. Gas and oil production mine ventilation , transport and separation ; wind and wave loads on drilling platforms ; modeling of fires and explosions , etc. Biomedical applications , sportindustriya