Why CFD?

CFD or Computational Fluid Dynamics is a new field in engineering. It is the simulation of fluids motion and it allows to model a wide brand of phenomena. From F1 to NASA, CFD is becoming more and more important.

I met this engineering field 3 years ago. I was about to start an investigation project with a teacher at the Structural Department about CFD applied to bridge sections and he recommend me to read some bibliography. Then, I started to understand how a CFD software  works and I became to like it. Better said, I started to like CFD when I realize the applications that it has but not from code developing of course!

I will post some interesting applications of CFD:

1. Formula 1. For some years ago, all the F1 teams felt the necessity of develop a CFD code that allows them to carry out simulations of they cars quicker than into the wind tunnel. This gave them the ability to improve the aerodynamic shape of the car. However, this great idea is not that easy as some teams are having troubles to adjust CFD results with experimental ones.




2. NASA. Starting from rockets up to perform aircrafts designs, NASA contributed amazingly to apply CFD to their designs and thereafter to social progresses.






3. Turbines. With the help of CFD the turbines blades have been improved. CFD codes can be launched with an optimization code and this makes that the blades geometry are modified attended to different criteria.

If you feel interested in CFD, I really encourage yourself to get into this great world that the more you know about it, the more you like it.