A Versatile Software Tool for the Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Simple Geometries
The present work describes a software tool aimed at the simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer for two-dimensional problems in a structured Cartesian grid. The software deals with laminar and turbulent situations in steady-state or transient regime. An overview is given on the theoretical principles and on the utilization of the program, Results for some test cases are presented and compared with benchmarking solutions. Although EasyCFD is mainly oriented for educational purposes, it may be a valuable tool for a first analysis of practical situations EasyCFD is available at www.easycfd.net. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals. Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 18: 14-27, 2010: Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com): DOI 10.1002/cae.20230
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