Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Prospect is recognised as an industry expert in the provision of engineering solutions using computational fluid dynamics or CFD, but what is CFD and what are its advantages?

Computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, is the computer based simulation of liquid and gas flow behaviours, heat and mass transfer, moving bodies, chemical reactions, multiphase physics, fluid-structure interactions and even acoustics.

CFD can be used to understand all of the above within existing systems but the ability to develop a virtual prototype of a system then simulate and optimise it under real world operating conditions before it is built makes CFD an incredibly powerful and cost effective engineering tool.

Unprecedented insight into the detailed structure of fluid flow within systems allows engineers to create better designs that meet target criteria. Only CFD can offer this unique capability as physical experimentation yields a sparse set of data that is difficult to diagnose.

There are three reasons why the engineering community uses our CFD services.

To improve the quality of a design: I need to make my widget work better
To increase the efficiency of a process: I don’t want to lose so much heat
To comply with legislation: I need to keep my emissions low, I have to ensure safety

Prospect’s CFD service will:

Shorten the design cycle
Improve troubleshooting success rates
Reduce prototyping
All of which saves time and money

CFD is a tried and tested engineering tool and hundreds of our clients have benefited from our expertise. Use it wherever a gas or fluid is in motion either for internal or atmospheric flows. If you have an engineering challenge, that’s causing a stumbling block, then we may very well be able to help.