Names of CFD codes

July 23, 2007, 05:45

Can anyone spell out the acronyms or explain where some of the CFD code names came from:

Fluent STAR-CD FIRE CFX VECTIS

etc...

July 23, 2007, 05:48

Star-CD - Simulation of Turbulence in Arbitrary Regions, CD - company name, stands for Computational Dynamics

July 23, 2007, 08:50

I don't know where "CFX" came from.

But I do recall that code was originally named "flow3d" (no hyphen).

Flow Science, developers of "flow-3d" (trade-marked I think), objected. So CFX was selected.

That goes back to the early 1990's.

July 23, 2007, 10:34

it went from flow-3d to cfds-flow-3d to cfx

July 23, 2007, 16:12

Punch "roman name for isle of wight" in to Google and you will understand what Vectis stands for.

Richard Johns now at CD-adapco had a good sense of humour when he came up with this one.

Regards

July 23, 2007, 17:12

I guess it has to be the first time that something has been named after the isle of wight, apart from the odd chippy and a ferry!

July 23, 2007, 17:39

Now do some philology of those guys:

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/main...cgi?read=50971

July 23, 2007, 05:45	Names of CFD codes	#1
Steve Guest Posts: n/a	Can anyone spell out the acronyms or explain where some of the CFD code names came from: Fluent STAR-CD FIRE CFX VECTIS etc...

July 23, 2007, 05:48	Re: Names of CFD codes	#2
Anton Lyaskin Guest Posts: n/a	Star-CD - Simulation of Turbulence in Arbitrary Regions, CD - company name, stands for Computational Dynamics

July 23, 2007, 08:50	Re: Names of CFD codes	#3
otd Guest Posts: n/a	I don't know where "CFX" came from. But I do recall that code was originally named "flow3d" (no hyphen). Flow Science, developers of "flow-3d" (trade-marked I think), objected. So CFX was selected. That goes back to the early 1990's.

July 23, 2007, 10:34	Re: Names of CFD codes	#4
Robin Guest Posts: n/a	it went from flow-3d to cfds-flow-3d to cfx

July 23, 2007, 16:12	Re: Names of CFD codes	#5
Peter Guest Posts: n/a	Punch "roman name for isle of wight" in to Google and you will understand what Vectis stands for. Richard Johns now at CD-adapco had a good sense of humour when he came up with this one. Regards

July 23, 2007, 17:12	Re: Names of CFD codes	#6
Ben Guest Posts: n/a	I guess it has to be the first time that something has been named after the isle of wight, apart from the odd chippy and a ferry!

July 23, 2007, 17:39	Re: Names of CFD codes	#7
Other names Guest Posts: n/a	Now do some philology of those guys: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/main...cgi?read=50971

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