Flowmaster Launches V7.6 for Its System Simulation Tools

By DE Editors

Flowmaster Group (Glenview, IL) launched Flowmaster V7.6, the latest system simulation software across its product range: V7 General Systems, V7 Automotive, V7 Aerospace, and V7 Gas Turbine.

Flowmaster is system simulation software that allows engineers to design, simulate,  validate, and optimize thermo-fluid systems at the concept phase of development, often before any 3D data is available, and throughout the development lifecycle. Engineers can use Flowmaster to understand where small design changes can deliver the most performance improvement and encapsulate knowledge and data for future re-use.

Flowmaster V7.6 incorporates new capabilities for Flowmaster V7 Automotive and significant enhancements to the Flowmaster V7 product range including V7 Aerospace, V7 Gas Turbine, and V7 General Systems Flowmaster.

V7.6 Automotive delivers new tools for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Vehicle Thermal Management (VTM) including a New Advanced Heat Exchanger Module, Supercritical AC System Components and Correlations,  Reversible Heat Pump Modeling, Refrigerant Charge Mass Determination, Cabin Component, Passenger Comfort Model, Global Performance Data and Enhanced Fluid Properties for the latest AC refrigerants.

Flowmaster V7.6 delivers performance improvements with new numerical models for the compressible pipe (including an implicit finite difference method), and a variety of algorithmic, computational, and ergonomic improvements to the Flowmaster GUI.

The new parametric capabilities in Flowmaster V7.6 now allow engineers to undertake multiple ‘what if’ studies for different design scenarios without the need for external programming to third party applications such as Microsoft Excel. Simultaneously, improvements to Flowmaster’s Component Object Model (COM)  Interface and the creation of a .NET Application Programming Interface allow Flowmaster to be used by industry-standard design-optimization applications.

For new and enhanced functionality for the management of simulation data and for free regional webinars, visit Flowmaster Limited.

For previous DE coverage, see “Flowmaster V7 Gas Turbine for CFD,” (April 2008) and “Flowmaster Releases V7 Aerospace,” (March 2008).

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.