Thermal Die Cycling Model
Thermal die cycling is a standard process die casting facilities use to get their die up to temperature for full production. Think about showing up to work in the morning, mid-winter: your machines are cold! Typically someone will fire the die to get the machines warmed up and then go through a series of “dry shots.”
Mooring Lines Model and Wave Absorbing Layer
While the Mooring Lines model and the Wave Absorbing layer are two separate developments in FLOW-3D v11.1, I am going to talk about both in this post because users will often use them together in simulations. Although these developments can be used hand in hand, completely independent use of each is also possible.
Improved Runtime
Developers at Flow Science are constantly working to improve the performance of our solver. We want to provide our users the same experience, i.e., accuracy and ease of use of FLOW-3D and FLOW-3D CAST, but with shorter runtimes. In the upcoming releases – FLOW-3D v11.1 andFLOW-3D CAST v4.1 – the results are the same, but the computational time is significantly reduced.
Active Simulation Control
Many real-world processes involve actions that are triggered when a certain design stage or any prescribed objective or limitation is reached, independent of real timing. Active Simulation Control is a powerful new feature in the upcoming release of FLOW-3D v11.1 that allows users to decide the course of a simulation depending on the design stage of the process.
