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Shanhui Fan Awarded the R. W. Wood Prize.

27 Apr 2022 By Flexcompute

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Flexcompute Co-Founder and Stanford Professor Shanhui Fan was awarded the 2022 R. W. Wood Prize by Optica for his contributions to the fields of photonics and optics as a whole. Prof. Shanhui Fan has been awarded numerous accolades for his research and contributions to the field of photonics, but as a member of Optica since his graduate school days, Shanhui says he feels extra pride in being awarded something from a society he has been associated with for decades. For...

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Run CFD Using Flow360 Web UI

14 Apr 2022 By Flexcompute

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This tutorial will cover some of the basic features of the Flow360 web client Documentation 1.1. Run CFD using Web UI: An example of ONERA M6 Wing Downloads Mesh Flow360Mesh.json Flow360Case.json

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Run CFD Using Flow360 Python API

14 Apr 2022 By Flexcompute

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This tutorial will provide an overview of interfacing with the Flow360 client using the Python API Documentation 1.2. Run CFD using Python API: An example of ONERA M6 Wing Downloads Mesh Flow360Mesh.json Flow360Case.json

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Run CFD Using Flow360 Case Generator

14 Apr 2022 By Flexcompute

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This tutorial will cover the case generator functionality of the Flow360 web client, used for specifying runtime parameters of simulations Documentation 1.1. Run CFD using Web UI: An example of ONERA M6 Wing Downloads Mesh Flow360Mesh.json Flow360Case.json

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Propeller Simulation Techniques in RANS CFD Using FLOW360

05 Apr 2022 By Flexcompute

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Flow360 can simulate a propeller using four different techniques, each with its own drawbacks and advantages. The goal of this article is to provide an introduction to each technique and give you the information needed to decide which technique is most appropriate for your simulation needs. Fig 1: XV-15 propeller in cruise mode \[1\]. Four Different Propeller Simulation Techniques 1. Actuator Disk (AD) The Actuator Disk technique is the easiest one to use in that all you need to give...