Any CFD oppongineers?

Kinja'd!!! "Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/20/2017 at 19:41 • Filed to: None

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Looking for a free program to run a small plane through, and varying iterations. Have any of you used such free/open source stuff? Any compatibility issues with open cad warez modeling as well? Looking for pitfalls and recommendations of the open sourcs route.


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Kinja'd!!! MrDakka > Grindintosecond
05/20/2017 at 20:23

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Here’s the link to student version of Star CCM. Not sure about importing models into it though

http://www2.cd-adapco.com/l/14592/2013-07-10/5118m

Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > MrDakka
05/20/2017 at 20:57

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Does it matter if i was a student 20 yrs ago?

Kinja'd!!! tromoly > Grindintosecond
05/20/2017 at 21:37

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OpenFoam is popular. If you’re wanting to compare wing elements XFLR5 does decent 2D modelling.

Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > tromoly
05/20/2017 at 22:13

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Ive already got the elements selected, or at least two of them. Its the fuselage aspects im running with.

Kinja'd!!! FastIndy > Grindintosecond
05/20/2017 at 22:18

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SU2 is good. What are you looking to get out of it?

Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > FastIndy
05/20/2017 at 23:18

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Ultimately pressure area locations and their associated interference with each other, then ultimate lowest drag/frontal area shaping

Kinja'd!!! tromoly > Grindintosecond
05/20/2017 at 23:22

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I think XFLR5 has some fuselage analysis capability, I personally haven’t used it but it apparently works well and the RC crowd swear by it. Might be enough to get you started.