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Main CFD Forum (127 Viewing) Topics that do not have a dedicated forum below. Do not post Fluent questions here!	Increasing Heat Transfer rate... by dasith0001 Today 19:55 Go to last post	33,954	122,634
System Analysis (1 Viewing) 1D solution of fluid, thermal and mechanical systems.	Error to calculate the Strain... by xbuddyin March 3, 2025 04:36 Go to last post	159	281
Structural Mechanics (1 Viewing) FEM/FEA topics including both linear and nonlinear analysis of solids.	Tutorials for FEA of Aircraft... by micro11sl October 29, 2025 09:34 Go to last post	645	1,221
Electromagnetics (1 Viewing) Analysis of electromagnetic fields, circuit design and electronic systems.	Lightbulb OpenFoam for rotating... by itaniOmar July 1, 2024 10:24 Go to last post	87	159
CFD Freelancers (2 Viewing) Looking for short-term help with a CFD related project? Post your requests here. Be descriptive!	A UDF to stop an unsteady run... by zarina789 January 4, 2026 05:07 Go to last post	759	2,250
Hardware (20 Viewing) Computers, networks, clusters, CPUs, GPUs, memory, graphic cards, ... hardware used for CFD simulations.	Upgrade of my workstation,... by mc_rash December 31, 2025 04:04 Go to last post	1,179	8,626
Lounge (14 Viewing) Anything non-CFD related. Discuss life, politics, travels or whatever you like with your CFD friends.	Helping Researchers Publish... by bored_bot November 23, 2025 15:11 Go to last post	264	973
Software User Forums
ANSYS (389 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by ANSYS Inc. Sub-Forums: CFX, FLUENT, ANSYS Meshing & Geometry	Heat Transfer Fluid-Solid CHT by ghorrocks Yesterday 18:47 Go to last post	96,453	336,949
Autodesk Simulation CFD (5 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Autodesk Inc. (prev. CFdesign / Blue Ridge Numerics).	Problem in indoor gas... by LegendYang December 3, 2025 07:28 Go to last post	184	461
AVL FIRE (7 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by AVL List GmbH.	Question Solver Simulation log:"Sorry... by CeciLyu February 21, 2025 22:18 Go to last post	256	716
COMSOL (9 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by COMSOL AB	Thumbs up How do we determine inlet... by Daud Hasan October 9, 2025 12:50 Go to last post	391	772
CONVERGE (17 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Convergent Science.	Question Parallel processing in... by Acti Today 08:02 Go to last post	1,095	4,354
Fidelity CFD (3 Viewing) Topics related to the Fidelity CFD software packages sold by Cadence (previously Numeca)	Can't get the same results... by Whinarand53 November 14, 2025 08:06 Go to last post	680	2,129
FloEFD, FloWorks & FloTHERM (6 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Mentor Graphics Corporation.	FloEFD rotating region issue by Canguru77 September 2, 2025 13:54 Go to last post	578	2,392
FLOW-3D (11 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Flow Science Inc.	Question wave height decrease after... by lixew98079 December 8, 2025 06:41 Go to last post	1,622	5,223
OpenFOAM (287 Viewing) Topics related to the OpenFOAM software. Sub-Forums: OpenFOAM News & Announcements, OpenFOAM Installation, OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion, OpenFOAM Pre-Processing, OpenFOAM Running, Solving & CFD, OpenFOAM Post-Processing, OpenFOAM Programming & Development, OpenFOAM Verification & Validation, OpenFOAM Community Contributions, OpenFOAM Journal, OpenFOAM Bugs	How to get over initial... by bashertasher Today 20:47 Go to last post	56,392	268,986
Phoenics (4 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by CHAM Ltd.	I got a phida data with 10000... by phoenics_cfd September 2, 2024 07:49 Go to last post	1,464	4,284
REEF3D (8 Viewing) Topics related to the REEF3D open-source hydrodynamics software Sub-Forums: REEF3D News & Announcements	Issue for scour erosion with... by nicola71 December 31, 2025 07:00 Go to last post	504	2,194
Siemens (47 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Siemens. Sub-Forums: STAR-CCM+, STAR-CD	Post CFD Approach on Catalytic... by pool January 5, 2026 06:42 Go to last post	10,954	37,434
SU2 (23 Viewing) Topics related to the SU2 open-source software Sub-Forums: SU2 News & Announcements, SU2 Installation, SU2 Shape Design	UserDefinedSource to work... by bigfootedrockmidget Today 11:49 Go to last post	3,024	10,960
Mesh Generation & Pre-Processing Software
ANSA (10 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by BETA CAE Systems S.A	layers growth in reverse... by gyr January 1, 2026 15:20 Go to last post	251	833
enGrid (7 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages developed by enGits GmbH.	Prismatic layers in the... by nope November 25, 2025 08:17 Go to last post	126	594
GridPro (4 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages sold by Program Development Company.	My cursor does not change on... by naoestar May 14, 2023 00:20 Go to last post	29	94
Pointwise & Gridgen (3 Viewing) Topics related to the meshing software packages sold by Cadence.	Setting first cell height... by Shamoon Jamshed December 25, 2025 07:35 Go to last post	684	2,762
Visualization & Post-Processing Software
EnSight (6 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages developed by CEI Inc. owned by ANSYS Inc.	save csv data in Ensight by tyting March 4, 2025 23:37 Go to last post	167	600
FieldView (11 Viewing) Topics related to the software package developed by Tecplot Inc.	Heat transfer calculation in... by andanwalem November 7, 2025 03:48 Go to last post	41	76
ParaView (16 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages developed by Kitware Inc.	Post [General] wallShearStress by Albertine January 2, 2026 11:13 Go to last post	2,644	9,247
Tecplot (7 Viewing) Topics related to the software packages developed by Tecplot Inc.	mat2tecplot by AeroD_7 October 2, 2025 11:09 Go to last post	778	2,070
Special Topics
Mesh Generation & Pre-Processing (75 Viewing) Topics that do not have a dedicated software forum.	How can I generate a mesh... by Be1tazzz December 1, 2025 22:21 Go to last post	729	1,316
Visualization & Post-Processing (4 Viewing) Topics that do not have a dedicated software forum.	Unhappy WSS calculation along a... by workhkmenon October 27, 2025 06:24 Go to last post	176	315
CFD Online Community
Site News & Announcements (4 Viewing) Official news about CFD Online. Only administrators can post new threads here, but anyone can reply.	Too strict bot and spam... by jola October 21, 2025 08:32 Go to last post	93	200
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