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Setting New Windsurfing Record Speeds Above 100 KPH With Fidelity CFD

The Zephir Project, a high-performance research program led with ALTEN, was initiated…

Veena Parthan
• 4 min read
FINE Marine , featured , Fidelity CFD , Windsurfing , Zephir Project

Predicting High-Lift Aerodynamics of the Dornier 228 Using Fidelity CFD

The paper “Computational and Experimental Investigation of Dornier 228 Aerodynamic…

Veena Parthan
• 5 min read
featured , RUAG , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Fidelity CFD , high-lift prediction

Bluefins Whale-Inspired Propulsion System to Reduce Operating Costs by 20%

Bluefins develops a wave energy conversion technology, inspired by the fins of whales…

Veena Parthan
• 4 min read
shipping , FINE Marine , featured , Bluefins , Propulsion system
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Streamline Reading and Writing Files from Fidelity Pointwise

For a CFD solution, a CAD geometry goes in and a CFD mesh comes out! Only if it was…

• 6 min read
Meshing Monday , geometry cleanup , Computational Fluid Dynamics , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation , Cadence CFD , Fidelity Pointwise

Fidelity Pointwise 2022.1 Hot Fix 2 Now Available

Fidelity Pointwise 2022.1 Hot Fix 2 is now available for download and production…

• 1 min read
featured , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Mesh Generation , Meshing

Last Week at Fidelity CFD

Rise and shine for another week in the world of CFD. Here's what you missed last…

• 3 min read
CFD , Marine Engineering , transition , FINE Marine , unsteady flow , turbomachinery , turbulence , tweak , Computational Fluid Dynamics , machine learning , webinar , nonlinear harmonic , cadencelive , Hydraulic Turbines , nlh , Mesh Generation

Generate Quads/Hexes at the Speed of Trias

The quadrilateral-dominant meshing algorithm within Fidelity Pointwise generates…

• 4 min read
CFD , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , Fidelity CFD , engineering , simulation software , Cadence CFD , Meshing , meshing algorithms

Wave Generation Revisited and Other Highlights of Fine Marine v11.1

The newest version of Fine Marine - Cadence's CFD software specifically designed…

• 1 min read
CFD , Marine Engineering , shipping , naval architecture , marine , fine/marine , Computational Fluid Dynamics , naval

'Tweak' Your Grid! That's All It Needs

'Tweak' is a handy command that is part of your toolkit. It's not something you're…

• 2 min read
Meshing Monday , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , engineering , simulation software , Cadence CFD , Meshing

On-Demand Webinar - Simulation of Hydraulic Turbines with Fidelity CFD

In this webinar, we introduce you to Fidelity Flow and its pressure-based solver…

• 1 min read
CFD , turbomachinery , webinars , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Hydraulic Turbines

On-Demand Webinar - Modeling Unsteadiness with the Non-Linear Harmonic Method

Learn how to model unsteadiness in Turbomachinery with high accuracy achieving 100…

• 1 min read
CFD , turbomachinery , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Fidelity CFD , nlh , Turbo

Fidelity Pointwise Remedy Drawbacks Working with Analytic and Discrete Geometry …

Most engineers are of the view that all mesh generators use an underlying geometry…

• 4 min read
Meshing Monday , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Cadence Fidelity , geometry types , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation , Fidelity Pointwise

Last Week at Fidelity CFD

Good Monday to you all. There are only 96 days left in 2022, and hopefully, our activities…

• 2 min read
CFD , Marine Engineering , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Fidelity CFD , Mesh Generation

Last Week at Fidelity CFD

Happy Monday! ICYMI, here's a summary of what happened last week at Fidelity CFD…

• 1 min read
CFD , webinars , Pointwise , fine/marine , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Mesh Generation

Control Cell Size Gradation for Desired CFD Solution Accuracy

Mesh generation in computational fluid dynamics must achieve a balance between solution…

• 3 min read
featured , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Fidelity CFD , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation , Element size gradation

How to Tackle Cavitation in Pump and Propeller Designs with CFD

Still today cavitation is one of the most challenging topics that CFD engineers have…

• 5 min read
CFD , featured , turbomachinery , fluid dynamics

Construct Unstructured Block Assembly with Fidelity Pointwise

With Fidelity Pointwise, one can skin a block, manually or automatically, using structured…

• 3 min read
CFD , block assembly , Meshing Monday , structured blocks , unstructured blocks , engineering , simulation software , Cadence CFD , Meshing , Fidelity Pointwise

Quilting for Easier Meshing!

Fidelity Pointwise includes the concept of meshing regions defined on the CAD level…

• 2 min read
quilting , Meshing Monday , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Fidelity CFD , engineering , simulation software , Meshing

Webinar: Model Unsteady Flow in Turbomachines Much Faster using NLH

Why Unsteadiness Is Important in Turbomachinery and How to Model It Owing to its…

• 1 min read
CFD , unsteady flow , turbomachinery , Computational Fluid Dynamics , nlh

On-Demand Webinar - Why Meshing Complex Marine Geometries Has Never Been So Easy

Witness the next generation of meshing for marine applications: Mesh any geometry…

• 1 min read
naval archicture , Marine Engineering , marine design , structured grids , Computational Fluid Dynamics , structured meshing , Fidelity CFD , simulation software , Mesh Generation

Structured Grids are Here for an Eternity!

Structured grids offer two things that unstructured meshes may lack, i.e., quality…

• 2 min read
CFD , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , structured meshing , Fidelity CFD , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation

Women in CFD with Virginie Barbieux

Recently, I had an opportunity to interview another woman working in CFD, Virginie…

• 5 min read
CFD , WomenAtCadence , Fidelity CFD , CFD Applications , women in engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , Women in CFD , Mesh Generation , NUMFLO

Current Open Positions on the Fidelity CFD Team

Questions I get asked a lot include "Are you nuts?" and "What exactly do you do all…

• 2 min read
CFD , jobs , Computational Fluid Dynamics , product management

High-Order Meshing on 5 Different Geometries Using Fidelity Pointwise

For the given 5 geometry configurations, with Fidelity Pointwise high-order meshing…

• 3 min read
CFD , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , High order Meshing , Cadence Fidelity , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation

Experience the CFD Velocity Contours With Virtual Reality

Virtual reality in CFD, especially for post-processing the simulation results, can…

• 5 min read
PCB , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , inspectar , virtual reality , engineering , simulation software , augmented reality

10 Steps from CAD to CFD Using Fidelity Pointwise

The 10 steps mentioned in this article can ease the preprocessing step (primarily…

• 3 min read
CFD , geometry modeling , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , Cadence Fidelity , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation , Meshing , preprocessing

Seakeeping Observations of SA Agulhas II Using Cadence Fidelity FINE/Marine

The shift left approach is slowly being realized and employed in the marine industry…

• 3 min read
CFD , Marine Engineering , C-Wizard , Pointwise , Fidelity CFD , engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , Meshing , Ships , seakeeping

New Tricks from the Old Towing Tank

Towing a ship model into a humongous basin of water allows naval architects to identify…

• 6 min read
maneuvering , marine design , Pointwise , Cadence Fidelity , CFD Applications , engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , seakeeping , towing tank

GPPS 2nd Turbomachinery CFD Workshop Evaluates RANS Solvers

The GPPS 2nd Turbomachinery CFD workshop, co-organized by Cadence, will take place…

• 1 min read
turbomachinery , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Fidelity CFD , rank-n , nlh

Advanced Controls and Coupled 1-D, 3-D CFD Simulation for Optimum Plant Performance…

Advanced control and calibration units, process simulation technologies, and 1-D…

• 5 min read
CFD , Pointwise , industrial disasters , engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , Meshing , controls and calibration

Join Us at Farnborough International Airshow 2022 #FIA2022

Join us to experience the largest aerospace and defense event in the world, promoting…

• 1 min read
FIA2022 , Aerospace , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , Aerospace Engineering , simulation software
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