Programs > FLOW-3D: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & Industrial Design Software
What is FLOW-3D software?
FLOW-3D is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program created by FlowScience, specialized in free-surface fluid calculations.Supported Operating Systems
FLOW-3D is available for Windows, Red Hat, SUSE, and CentOS, among others, depending on the specific computing configuration.The application includes all necessary CFD modules. It features tools for geometry meshing, surface and solid management, and property options for various fluid types—including Cartesian, viscous, 2-phase, saturated, and unsaturated fluids. Key features include boundary condition definitions, numerical modeling, thermal and physical modeling, casting analysis, turbulence models, and porous media. FLOW-3D allows engineers to optimize product designs and reduce time-to-market by investigating the dynamic behavior of liquids and gases across a wide range of industrial applications.
FLOW-3D focuses on free-surface and multiphase applications, serving diverse industries such as microfluidics, biomedical devices, civil water infrastructure, aerospace, consumer products, additive manufacturing, inkjet printing, laser welding, and automotive.
As a powerful multi-physics tool, it provides the functionality and power needed to advance complex modeling goals. It scales seamlessly from standard workstations to high-performance computing clusters with hundreds of CPU cores.
Main Features:
- Developed and optimized for the latest multi-core architecture
- Parallelization based on the Hybrid MPI-OpenMP methodology
- True Domain Decomposition
- Automatic Decomposition Tool allows directional decomposition
- Optimized MPI communication and memory management in the pre-processor
- Full compatibility with the FLOW-3D v11 GUI and FlowSight for post-processing
- Remote solving capability enabled
Supported Platforms & Requirements for FLOW-3D MP:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, SUSE Linux 11, and other OS
- Networked workstations or clusters (Xeon® or Opteron®) via Gigabit Ethernet or InfiniBand
- High-capacity hard drive accessible from all nodes
- Graphics support for at least OpenGL 3.0