Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Consultancy Services
How Computational Fluid Dynamics can benefit you
- Shorten the design cycle and help bring your product to market sooner
- CFD simulations can be faster and more cost effective than conventional “build and test” iterative methods
- Quickly and cheaply investigate design changes to optimise performance of your product
- Improve confidence in the viabilty of your project early in the design process and prior to manufacturing
- Reduce risk and disruption when troubleshooting operational systems
We are one of the UK’s leading providers of CFD consultancy
Jesmond Engineering is one of the UK’s top computational fluid dynamics companies and provides extensive CFD consultancy services, using high performance servers to carry out simulations. Our CFD specialist engineers are able to conduct steady state and transient simulations for 2D and 3D geometries and optimisation studies over a range of core CFD competencies, including:
- Turbulence modelling, through RANS or LES regimes;
- Multiphase flows, including discrete phase regimes;
- Species transport, mixing and reactions;
- Incompressible and compressible flow regimes;
- Thermal analysis, from thermally dependent material properties to system-level heat exchange;
- Particulate deposits, pick-up, erosion and behavioural analysis;
- Custom boundary conditions, surface or body forces to model specific rheological behaviour.
We typically conduct our simulations using Ansys Fluent, the comprehensive industry-leading CFD software platform for fluid simulations. If additional CAD services are required to first generate a geometry representing your problem, we utilise Solidworks. We are also happy to work with other CFD/CAD software platforms.
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If you are planning a project or struggling with a complex engineering scenario that might benefit from the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics then we would like to help. Click below to book a call to discuss your requirements.
What is Computational Fluid Dynamics?
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a numerical modelling technique that uses algorithms to solve the Navier-Stokes equations, which define all manners of fluid flow. Here, ‘fluid flow’ isn’t simply restricted to liquids, but extends to gases, and the movement of solids through fluids, as well as particles kinematics, heat transfer, acoustic modelling, chemical compositions, amongst many other disciplines.
At the design phase, CFD allows the optimisation of geometry before manufacture of a physical prototype; in mature products, CFD can be utilised to troubleshoot operational issues. The overall time and expense of product development can be greatly reduced by using simulations to define the critical design variables prior to reduced confirmatory testing.
- Extensively prototype your project using simulation before committing to a real world build
- Predict project outcomes in a wide range of scenarios and environments
- Harness computational resources to solve complex engineering problems with multiple interdependent variables
- Explore and analyse environments and systems that may be expensive or impractical to test in the real world
- Evaluate project designs against regulatory, budgetary and practical requirements
- Diagnose and troubleshoot operational systems using virtual modelling
Computational Fluid Dynamics explained
Depending on the required level of complexity, CFD simulations can be carried out using either 1-D, 2-D or 3-D models which are typically used to solve problems involving heat transfer, turbulence modelling, multiphase flows and fluid-structure interactions. CFD can also be used to model chemical and biological reactions.
CFD is a predictive tool that generally performs best estimates of likely behaviour when first correlated with known physical results. It can then be used to assess the effects of varying the calculation inputs. These can include, for example, changes in geometry, flow rate, and so on.
It is typical practice in CFD to model an existing system and compare the results with measured physical values. The model and techniques can then be adjusted with the aim of more closely matching those measurements. Once a good correlation has been achieved the model is considered to be validated. The validated model can then be used to predict the impact of changes to variables within the system.
As one of the UK’s most experienced CFD consultancies, we are able to share a number of Computational Fluid Dynamics examples to illustrate how the ‘real world’ application of this specialism has helped our clients to optimise processes and product design.
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CFD FAQs
You probably have questions about the CFD services we provide. Some of the most frequently asked are answered below. If you still have questions, then please get in touch and we’ll happily provide an answer if we can!
Typically, we use the industry-leading Ansys Fluent to carry out CFD simulations.
We use Solidworks to model the necessary geometry to represent your specific problem.
If it’s a standard CAD model then yes, we can incorporate it into our workflow. However, we may have to check and adjust some parameters to ensure that any simulation runs accurately.
It really does depend on the complexity and scope of your project. We’d be happy to discuss this with you in more detail and provide a firm estimate of the cost once we have a clear understanding of your project requirements.
Computational Fluid Dynamics is not just for the analysis of flow through liquids. It can also be applied to gaseous environments, the movement of solids through fluids, particle dynamics, heat transfer, acoustic modelling—the list goes on. We are happy to discuss any project and can quickly give an indication of whether CFD could be a useful solution.
Of course. Although we are one of the UK’s leading CFD consultancies, we are also a long-established mechanical engineering consultancy with proven skills and experience in disciplines such as fatigue and damage tolerance, finite element and discrete element modelling, and static strength analysis.
Yes we can. In addition to being fully accredited to ISO9001 standard we also hold AS9100 certification for the aviation, space and defence industries.
Not at all. Although we are located in East Yorkshire in the north of England, we have clients in the UK, throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Simple—get in touch with us to book a call with one of our specialist engineers. Once we have discussed your project and gained a full understanding of its requirements we’ll produce a formal proposal. This will include an estimate of the timescales and costs, and our terms of business. If you are happy to proceed we can commence work on receipt of your order.
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If you are planning a project or struggling with a complex engineering scenario that might benefit from the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics then we would like to help. Click below to book a call to discuss your requirements.