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ValidationCases

Published benchmark and validation cases from the Flow360 solver catalog. Each case compares GPU-accelerated CFD results against experimental data or established reference solutions across aerospace, marine, and industrial applications.

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12 cases

Aerospace

6 cases
NLF Airfoil
Aerospace
NLF Airfoil
The NLF(1)-0412 airfoil is a benchmark for validating boundary-layer transition modeling, critical for predicting laminar flow extent and drag on modern wings. Flow360 is...
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SCWS Common Research Model
Aerospace
SCWS Common Research Model
The Second AIAA Stability and Control Prediction Workshop (S&CPW2) represents the industry gold standard for validating how CFD solvers predict aircraft stability-and-control...
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XV-15 Rotor Hover Validation
Aerospace
XV-15 Rotor Hover Validation
The XV-15 rotor is a widely studied and experimentally documented rotor, making it a strong validation case for rotor performance prediction. This benchmark validates Flow360’s...
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Blue Scout Launch Vehicle
Aerospace
Blue Scout Launch Vehicle
Blue Scout is a classic slender-body rocket configuration that has long been used as a validation case for external aerodynamics, making it a relevant benchmark for assessing CFD...
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Hammerhead Launch Vehicle
Aerospace
Hammerhead Launch Vehicle
Hammerhead launch vehicles capture a key aerodynamic challenge in vehicle design: integrating large payload fairings with comparatively slender booster bodies. Their enlarged...
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SDM Dynamic Pitch Damping Derivative
Aerospace
SDM Dynamic Pitch Damping Derivative
This study benchmarks Flow360 for a dynamic-derivative SDM test case by comparing fully transient CFD predictions against wind-tunnel and free-flight reference measurements...
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Marine

1 case
DARPA SUBOFF
Marine
DARPA SUBOFF
The DARPA SUBOFF bare-hull geometry is a standard marine CFD benchmark with high-quality towing-tank data and is widely used for CFD calibration. This case uses it to benchmark...
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Wind Energy

1 case
DTU 10 MW Reference Wind Turbine
Wind Energy
DTU 10 MW Reference Wind Turbine
The DTU 10 MW Reference Wind Turbine, a three-bladed upwind rotor with 178.3 m diameter and 119 m hub height, is an open reference design developed in DTU's Light Rotor project...
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Fundamental

4 cases
NACA 0012 Airfoil
Fundamental
NACA 0012 Airfoil
This case evaluates Flow360 on the NACA 0012 airfoil from the NASA Turbulence Modeling Resource at Mach 0.15 and Reynolds number 6.0e6. The primary purpose of this study is to...
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NACA 4412
Fundamental
NACA 4412
This case compares Flow360 results for the NACA 4412 airfoil against reference data from the NASA TMR Workshop. The simulations are run at Mach 0.09, Reynolds number 1.52...
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2D CRM High-Lift
Fundamental
2D CRM High-Lift
The multi-element 2D CRM airfoil is a benchmark for validating high-lift RANS predictions on a slat-main-flap configuration. This case verifies Flow360 against the NASA...
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ONERA M6 Wing
Fundamental
ONERA M6 Wing
The ONERA M6 wing is a canonical transonic CFD validation case: a 30-degree swept, semi-span wing with a symmetric ONERA D airfoil section that develops a characteristic lambda...
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Against published benchmarks
Every published case compares Flow360 output against experimental data or reference solutions from AIAA workshops, NASA datasets, and academic literature.

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