FLOW-3D Amusement Park

Welcome to our fun page! In the midst of all the interesting, but technical content on our website, we thought we should feature some FLOW-3D results that are serious in nature, but not in appearance. Some of the simulations shown on this page were done to demonstrate a specific capability of FLOW-3D, while others were created out of pure whimsy. Many of these "fun" animations were modeled using the General Moving Object model, whose fluid-structure interaction capabilities are unique to FLOW-3D.

We hope you enjoy this page and look forward to your contributions. If you have an animation you would like us to add to this page, please send us an email.

Feliz 2010
Simulaciones y Proyectos wishes all a Feliz 2010 with this CFD simulation.
Happy 2010	Cascading Objects
CFD simulation using FLOW-3D Cast. Courtesy of Allard-Europe nv.	A wall of water traverses a stepped channel forcing many solid objects to flow downstream. This example demonstrates fluid/solid coupling and spatial recognition of solid objects as they collide with each other and with the channel bottom.
Speedy Boat	Flirting Objects
A boat, propelled by a prescribed force to the hull, speeds through the water, narrowly avoiding buoyant debris floating in the water.	Two solid objects with pinned connections swing back and forth, colliding at various times. Collision behavior between solid objects is defined by a coefficient of restitution and a friction factor in FLOW-3D.
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Scary FLOW-3D	Coffee Spill
FLOW-3D shows its dark side as fluid is initialized as 3-D text at time zero. The transient solution makes the fluid appear to melt as gravity draws it downward.	Sometimes accidents happen. But you can predict them with FLOW-3D. Courtesy CFD Solutions.
Ball in Funnel	The Domino Effect
Going, going, gone: micro-collisions between two solids. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).	Sometimes one simulation causes another simulation to be simulated. Simulation of domino collisions. This example demonstrates FLOW-3D’s ability to simulate spatial interaction between many solids.
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FLOW-3D	Shishiodoshi
FLOW-3D goes psychadelic.	Simulation of a Japanese bamboo water hammer. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).
Ice Cream Cone	Mixing of Two Fluids
This animation is screaming for attention, but maybe it deserves it. FLOW-3D can simulate many physical processes — this simulation not only applies GMO, but uses the Thixotropic Viscosity model. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).	FLOW-3D can represent mixing with a passive scalar to show varying concentrations. Variable density fluids can also be simulated to show mixing or separation. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).
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Mug & Straw	Pool Break
A cooled-down animation demonstrates fluid-solid interaction and micro-collision. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).	The hustler meets the engineer in this early animation demonstrating the GMO model's capabilities. This example demonstrates fluid/solid coupling and spatial recognition of pool balls (solid objects) as they collide with each other.
Rolling Cylinder	Falling Bowl
A rolling cylinder with a higher temperature than the tilted plate transfers heat to the plate as it rolls down the slope.	A falling bowl spills out liquid in a unconfined sloshing example.
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Spinning Top	Sticky Particles
A gyroscope is initialized at a high rotational velocity. Angular momentum keeps the object stable. Simulated with the GMO model. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).	A sphere moving through particles.
Tic Tac Toe	Pet Rocket
Various objects thrown about in a computational domain by a rotating cross. This example demonstrates spatial recognition of solid objects as the collide with each other.	Launch of a water-propelled model rocket. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).
Bouncing Ice Cubes	Swimming Dolphins
This simulation depicts buoyant cubes with one cube initialized in the fluid and the other cube dropped into the fluid. This is an example of a completely coupled fluid-structure interaction using the General Moving Object (GMO) model.	Simulation of dolphins swimming. Courtesy of Terrabyte (Japan).
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