Suitable software for car manifold exhaust?

ulwe · June 24, 2011, 13:44

I´m VERY new to CFD,
in fact I haven´t started, my qualities lie in designing parts for pressure die-casting and plastic injection moulding.
At home I´m a car enthusiast.
Now to my question.
I intend to redesign my exhaust manifold for my hobby car, and want to make the very most of a rebuild of the existing one.
What is your recommended freeware to start with? Is there a dedicated "exhaust-design" software out there?
Since my work is privare, freeware or shareware are my options.
I do my geometry work in Pro/E Wildfire 2 and Mechanica.

Ulf

ulwe · July 22, 2011, 03:24

Well,
I went for Solidworks, modelling and flow. I guess it can be accurate, once I learnt to set up transient flows and pulses and heat dissipation and such.
Why does particle flow stop very early in my tube while flow strings work fine?

kid · July 22, 2011, 07:28

Man be a Man
try this problem in OpenFOAM , please dont use SolidWorks for fluid simulation

June 24, 2011, 13:44	Suitable software for car manifold exhaust?	#1
ulwe New Member Ulf Westberg Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I´m VERY new to CFD, in fact I haven´t started, my qualities lie in designing parts for pressure die-casting and plastic injection moulding. At home I´m a car enthusiast. Now to my question. I intend to redesign my exhaust manifold for my hobby car, and want to make the very most of a rebuild of the existing one. What is your recommended freeware to start with? Is there a dedicated "exhaust-design" software out there? Since my work is privare, freeware or shareware are my options. I do my geometry work in Pro/E Wildfire 2 and Mechanica. Ulf __________________ Mech engineer and car enthusiast!

July 22, 2011, 03:24		#2
ulwe New Member Ulf Westberg Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Well, I went for Solidworks, modelling and flow. I guess it can be accurate, once I learnt to set up transient flows and pulses and heat dissipation and such. Why does particle flow stop very early in my tube while flow strings work fine? __________________ Mech engineer and car enthusiast!

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kid Senior Member cfdkid Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 133 Rep Power: 17	Man be a Man try this problem in OpenFOAM , please dont use SolidWorks for fluid simulation