Grant Davidson is a Senior Applications Engineer at TMS CADCentre, a SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller in Scotland. With integrated CFD, you can accurately predict product performance as it relates to fluid flow, airflow and aerodynamics, as well as heat transfer and cooling. Looks like the cost and skinned knuckles from fitting were worth it after all. Details: SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation gives you powerful fluid flow analysis tools directly in your 3D CAD interface and offers easy, automated test setup and quick feedback. The cut plot and flow trajectory results show a dramatic drop in outlet temperature, around 25c! This colder, denser air means a bigger combustion bang resulting in more power and, according to SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, the bigger the better 15m/s of 30c air at the inlet and static pressure on the outlet: We’ll also add a Velocity parameter in the z direction of 31 m/s (70mph) to simulate the car travelling along a typical motorway at speed.įor the boundary conditions we’ll keep it simple. 3c (270k) ambient should simulate the Scottish summer nicely. solidworks air flow simulation tutorial provides a comprehensive and comprehensive pathway for students to see progress after the end of each module.
Next we’ll use the intuitive Flow Simulation wizard interface to start building our study.Īfter being compressed to almost 2 bar by the turbo forced induction air can get hot! As the intercoolers job is to lower this temperature as rapidly as possible we’re definitely interested in heat conduction in this study. We’ll begin by adding lids to the inlet and outlet of the intercooler (highlighted in red) because we intend to run an internal analysis. In truth, it probably is but it could always be a little faster, right?Ī popular power boosting modification is to swap out your intercooler for a larger unit but how does this help? Well let’s use SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation to find out. A thought on the mind of petrol heads (admittedly, just like me) the world over. “Sure… my car is fast but is it really fast enough?”.
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