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Simcenter STAR-CCM+
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Development work on STAR-CCM+ was started after a decision was taken to design a new, integrated CFD tool to replace the existing product STAR-CD which had been developed during the 1980s and 1990s by Computational Dynamics Ltd, a spin-off company from an <a href="/facts/Imperial_College_London/SoXBRyax">Imperial College London</a> CFD research group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> STAR-CD was widely used most notably in the automotive industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> STAR-CCM+ aimed to take advantage of more modern programming methods and to provide an expandable framework.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>STAR-CCM+ was announced at the 2004 <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Astronautics/fVbwtwh8">AIAA</a> Aerospace Sciences Conference in Reno, Nevada.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> A unique feature was a generalized polyhedral cell formulation, allowing the solver to handle any <a href="/facts/Mesh_generation/4YArjFyH">mesh type</a> imported.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The first official release included the first commercially available polyhedral mesher, offering faster model convergence compared to an equivalent tetrahedral mesh.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="development">Development</h2> <p>Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is developed according to a <a href="/facts/Continual_improvement_process/tcIYRuHK">continual improvement process</a>, with a new version released every four months.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The program uses a client-server architecture,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> implemented using <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="capabilities">Capabilities</h2> <p>Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is primarily <a href="/facts/Computational_fluid_dynamics/zuWdtNJp">Computational fluid dynamics</a> software which uses the <a href="/facts/Finite_element_analysis/eUcfP1vn">Finite element analysis</a> or <a href="/facts/Finite_volume_method/6JfQMucX">Finite volume method</a> to calculate the transport of physical quantities on a discretized mesh. For fluid flow the <a href="/facts/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations/48pQugEa">Navier–Stokes equations</a> are solved in each of the cells. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has multiphysics capabilities including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fluid_flow_through_porous_media/IIevsVak">Fluid flow through porous media</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Multiphase_flow/ogrWb60X">Multiphase flow</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Discrete_element_method/NYe767oa">Discrete element method</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Volume_of_fluid_method/yVmKotxe">Volume of fluid method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Non-Newtonian_fluid/jX8ldWJa">Non-Newtonian fluid</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rheology/KexaBNCS">Rheology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Turbulence/NpgFUhG5">Turbulence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Viscoelasticity/pDhHgx2T">Viscoelasticity</a></li></ul> <h2 id="release-history">Release history</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release Date</th></tr><tr><td>1.04</td><td>October 2004</td></tr><tr><td>1.06</td><td>December 2004</td></tr><tr><td>1.08</td><td>January 2005</td></tr><tr><td>2.02</td><td>November 2005</td></tr><tr><td>2.04</td><td>October 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2.06</td><td>February 2007</td></tr><tr><td>3.02</td><td>March 2008</td></tr><tr><td>3.04</td><td>July 2008</td></tr><tr><td>3.06</td><td>November 2008</td></tr><tr><td>4.02</td><td>March 2009</td></tr><tr><td>4.04</td><td>July 2009</td></tr><tr><td>4.06</td><td>November 2009</td></tr><tr><td>5.02</td><td>February 2010</td></tr><tr><td>5.04</td><td>June 2010</td></tr><tr><td>5.06</td><td>October 2010</td></tr><tr><td>6.02</td><td>March 2011</td></tr><tr><td>6.04</td><td>July 2011</td></tr><tr><td>6.06</td><td>October 2011</td></tr><tr><td>7.02</td><td>March 2012</td></tr><tr><td>7.04</td><td>June 2012</td></tr><tr><td>7.06</td><td>November 2012</td></tr><tr><td>8.02</td><td>March 2013</td></tr><tr><td>8.04</td><td>June 2013</td></tr><tr><td>8.06</td><td>October 2013</td></tr><tr><td>9.02</td><td>February 2014</td></tr><tr><td>9.04</td><td>June 2014</td></tr><tr><td>9.06</td><td>October 2014</td></tr><tr><td>10.02</td><td>February 2015</td></tr><tr><td>10.04</td><td>June 2015</td></tr><tr><td>10.06</td><td>October 2015</td></tr><tr><td>11.02</td><td>February 2016</td></tr><tr><td>11.04</td><td>June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>11.06</td><td>October 2016</td></tr><tr><td>12.02</td><td>February 2017</td></tr><tr><td>12.04</td><td>June 2017</td></tr><tr><td>12.06</td><td>October 2017</td></tr><tr><td>13.02</td><td>February 2018</td></tr><tr><td>13.04</td><td>June 2018</td></tr><tr><td>13.06</td><td>October 2018</td></tr><tr><td>2019.1</td><td>February 2019</td></tr><tr><td>2019.2</td><td>June 2019</td></tr><tr><td>2019.3</td><td>October 2019</td></tr><tr><td>2020.1</td><td>February 2020</td></tr><tr><td>2020.2</td><td>June 2020</td></tr><tr><td>2020.3</td><td>October 2020</td></tr><tr><td>2021.1</td><td>February 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021.2</td><td>June 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021.3</td><td>October 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2022.1</td><td>February 2022</td></tr><tr><td>2206</td><td>June 2022</td></tr><tr><td>2210</td><td>October 2022</td></tr><tr><td>2302</td><td>February 2023</td></tr><tr><td>2306</td><td>June 2023</td></tr><tr><td>2310</td><td>October 2023</td></tr><tr><td>2402</td><td>February 2024</td></tr><tr><td>2410</td><td>October 2024</td></tr><tr><td>2502</td><td>February 2025</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="usage">Usage</h2> <p>Prior to CD-adapco's acquisition by Siemens, the customer base was approximately 3,200 accounts with 52% of licence sales attributed to the automotive industry. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Computational_fluid_dynamics/zuWdtNJp">Computational fluid dynamics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer_simulation/Re6o8vzN">Computer simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">Computer-aided design</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer-aided_engineering/dAsPLr5Y">Computer-aided engineering</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html">Simcenter STAR-CCM+ webpage</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/simcenter/product/simcenter-star-ccm/">Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on Simcenter Community</a></li> <li><a href="https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000MikhWAC/simcenter-starccm">Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Technical Forum</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"STAR-CCM+". Siemens Digital Industries Software. Retrieved 2020-07-06. <a href="https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html" target="_blank">https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Spinout companies | Faculty of Engineering | Imperial College London". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-06. <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mechanical-engineering/about-us/spinout-companies/" target="_blank">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mechanical-engineering/about-us/spinout-companies/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"CD-adapco Helps Renault To Succes [sic]". www.gptoday.com. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 2020-07-03. <a href="https://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/149824/Cdadapco_Helps_Renault_To_Succes/" target="_blank">https://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/149824/Cdadapco_Helps_Renault_To_Succes/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"CFD Review | CD adapco Group Releases STAR-CCM+". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. <a href="http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/04/05/06/1358254.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/04/05/06/1358254.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Dynamics Magazine Issue 22, Spring 2004". mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. <a href="https://mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com/magazine/dynamics-22" target="_blank">https://mdx2.plm.automation.siemens.com/magazine/dynamics-22</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"CFD Review | CD adapco Group Releases STAR-CCM+". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. <a href="http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/04/05/06/1358254.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/04/05/06/1358254.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"CFD Review | CD-adapco Releases STAR-CCM+ Box Set". www.cfdreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. <a href="http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/05/03/18/2130238.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cfdreview.com/newsoftware/05/03/18/2130238.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Peric, Milovan (2004). "New Development in Numerical Methods". ERCOFTAC Bulletin. 62 – via ERCOFTAC. <a href="https://www.ercoftac.org/publications/ercoftac_bulletin/bulletin_62/" target="_blank">https://www.ercoftac.org/publications/ercoftac_bulletin/bulletin_62/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"STAR-CCM+ V3.02: Three is the Magic Number". CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive. February 29, 2008. <a href="https://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2008/9/05/09.05.05.htm" target="_blank">https://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2008/9/05/09.05.05.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Palazzi, Antonello (2018). "3.2" (PDF). Nuclear thermal hydraulic analysis using coupled CFD and system codes (PhD). Imperial College London. Retrieved July 6, 2020. <a href="https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/66267/1/Palazzi-A-2018-PhD-Thesis.pdf" target="_blank">https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/66267/1/Palazzi-A-2018-PhD-Thesis.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"STAR-CCM+ V3.02: Three is the Magic Number". CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive. February 29, 2008. <a href="https://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2008/9/05/09.05.05.htm" target="_blank">https://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2008/9/05/09.05.05.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>