Difference betwwen CFX, CFDand ICEM CFD

amine3002 · June 8, 2011, 04:25

Hi!, I'm a new user of ANSYS, I wanna know the difference between CFX, Fluent and ICEM CFD
THANKS A LOT

William D Acosta · June 8, 2011, 10:38

ICEM CFD is a program for powerful Meshing and Postprocessing

CFX and Fluent are both Solvers (they use the generated mesh, discretize the governing equations and obtain a solution).

In fluent you can postprocess too, or use CFD Post instead

For an easy explanation of the terms above, check

Versteeg H. K., Malaasekera W., An introduction to computational fluid dynamics: The finite volume method, UK: Longman Scientific and Technical, 1995

amine3002 · June 8, 2011, 11:51

Thanks for this answer, but i think that ICEM CFD can do some simulations, is it true??

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June 8, 2011, 10:38		#2
William D Acosta New Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 14	ICEM CFD is a program for powerful Meshing and Postprocessing CFX and Fluent are both Solvers (they use the generated mesh, discretize the governing equations and obtain a solution). In fluent you can postprocess too, or use CFD Post instead For an easy explanation of the terms above, check Versteeg H. K., Malaasekera W., An introduction to computational fluid dynamics: The finite volume method, UK: Longman Scientific and Technical, 1995

June 8, 2011, 11:51		#3
amine3002 New Member Amine Fakhfekh Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 14	Thanks for this answer, but i think that ICEM CFD can do some simulations, is it true??