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| By Chris Carey, Technical Services Manager, Fluent Europe Fluent is taking part in a fouryear European Union R&D Thematic Network called QNET-CFD. The project sets out to assemble, structure and collate information concerning the performance of CFD in a wide range of industries. The Network comprises 45 partners from the world of CFD (industry, software suppliers, and academics), collaborating to build a library of CFD knowledge. This is how the project works... Each partner documents a single Application Challenge – a complete, quality-assured industrial strength test case for which reliable experimental data are available, to enable validation of CFD models. In each case, the documentation describes the problem in sufficient detail for independent modelers to calculate the flow using their code of choice. It also presents the corresponding experimental data, and in many cases, a specimen CFD solution. The Application Challenges are reviewed thoroughly by other partners to ensure that they are suitable for inclusion in the database. Where appropriate, the Application Challenge includes best practices guidelines for modeling the particular flow conditions. In addition to the Application Challenges, the partners are also developing a collection of more fundamental guidelines for Underlying Flow Regimes. These materials document CFD experience and best practices for elemental flows relevant to the Application Challenges. The QNET organization holds an annual workshop, open to members and nonmembers of the project. The next meeting will be held in Prague in May 2003. Check the website to find out more about the work and membership of QNET-CFD, and obtain electronic copies of the informative Network Newsletters.
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