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Simcenter STAR-CCM+

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What is Simcenter STAR-CCM+?

Simcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.

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Armin Narimanzadeh
Senior Thermofluids Expert
Convion (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees)
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Aviation & Aerospace Company, 10,001+ employees
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What is Simcenter STAR-CCM+?

Simcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.

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What is Simcenter STAR-CCM+?


Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for the simulation of products operating under real-world conditions. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ brings automated design exploration and optimization to the CFD simulation toolkit of every engineer.

The single integrated environment includes everything from CAD, automated meshing, multiphysics CFD, sophisticated postprocessing, and design exploration. This allows engineers to efficiently explore the entire design space so that they can make better design decisions faster.

The vendor states the additional insight gained by using Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to guide the user's design process ultimately leads to more innovative products that exceed customer expectations.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Features

  • Supported: Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Supported: Simulation workflow automation
  • Supported: Design Exploration
  • Supported: Postprocessing and Visualization
  • Supported: Virtual Reality
  • Supported: CAD Modeling and complex geometry handling
  • Supported: Automated meshing and adaptive mesh refinement
  • Supported: Multiphase flows
  • Supported: Reacting flows
  • Supported: Particle flows and Discrete element method
  • Supported: Turbulence Modeling
  • Supported: Aeroacoustics
  • Supported: Fluid structure interaction and solid mechanics
  • Supported: Rheology
  • Supported: Moving objects

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Screenshots

Screenshot of Multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulationScreenshot of Car aerodynamics CFD simulationScreenshot of Integrated Design Exploration and OptimizationScreenshot of Fully integrated CFD based topology optimizationScreenshot of Multiphysics CFD - Electric Motor CoolingScreenshot of Multiphase FlowsScreenshot of Reacting FlowsScreenshot of Hypersonics, aerospace CFD simulationScreenshot of Turbomachinery CFD simulationScreenshot of Marine CFD, hydrodynamics and aerodynamicsScreenshot of Particle flows and discrete element method (DEM)Screenshot of CAD and complex geometry handling

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Videos

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ customers explain how they solve some of the most difficult problems that industry has to offer using multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and design exploration.
Design Exploration for CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is the key technology to help fluid and thermal engineers find better designs, faster. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has been built around the idea of a fully automated workflow from CAD to results that is leveraged by a fully integrated design exploration tool.
Multiphysics CFD simulations involve simultaneous physical phenomena, whose numerical models dialogue with each other with a substantial level of numerical coupling: Fluid dynamics, heat transfer/radiation, electrodynamics, solid stress, chemistry/combustion, etc., Simcenter S...
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Multiphase flows can be found in a wide range of today's products across all industries. Modeling the associated complexity to engineer innovative solutions requires efficient high fidelity multiphase computational fluid dynamics software (CFD) tools. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ offer...
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Computational fluid dynamics CFD based topology optimization marks a revolution in engineering innovative flow solutions. With Simcenter STAR-CCM+ topology optimization based on computational fluid dynamics, CFD is easier. Together with additive manufacturing, this enables eng...
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Watch how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software helps improve aerodynamic performance for the Aerospace & Defense industry. The pipelined, automatic meshing helps handle the most complex geometries.
Vehicle aerodynamics CFD simulation is a key factor in the race for efficient, sustainable, yet attractive individual mobility solutions. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software that allows users to build a high-fidelity, co...
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Watch how virtual reality in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ allows anyone to explore a simulation model in an intuitive and immersive sense, increasing insight, and empowering innovation.
Preparing 3D CAD for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation is a necessary evil and a traditionally time-consuming task for CFD engineers without adding any true engineering value. But CAD preparation does not have to be tedious or require special CAD modeling software....
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The development of innovative reacting flows and combustion systems requires high fidelity computational fluid dynamics software tools. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ offers a wide range of industry-relevant, accurate and fast CFD models for single and multiphase reactions
Simcenter's customers describe its support model - A Dedicated Support Engineer (DSE) for every paying customer. Customers interact with the same Support Engineer who acts as a champion for their success with the software.

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Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

Simcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.

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Reviewers rate Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Customer Support highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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September 12, 2023

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Review

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Armin Narimanzadeh
Senior Thermofluids Expert
Convion (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The applications that I have been using it with in terms of flow and energy and temperature distributions and coupled solvers, segregated solvers, these kind of areas if you need that, those kind of solvers, it's very good. It's very robust. Maybe on the combustion side, it could improve, especially if you have these kind of tabulated solvers that you want to use, not the detailed chemistry, then it becomes very difficult to get some results from it. And do you trust the results or not? That's always the question on that kind of application, something that I could think of really fast.
January 30, 2023

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Evert van Vliet
Manager Flow Modelling
ASML (Semiconductors, 10,001+ employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
We still are not able to do without other sw. There are plenty of use cases that we are more or less forced to allow people to use sw from the competition. Training needs to be updated. e.g. the meshing course is outdated and should contain all aspects like AMR, Overset, Boundary layer, quiality checks and service repair (preferably send back to TC if there already not good). Help documentation needs to be updated with LL and current state of the art (including best practices evaporation, chemical librarry, new meshing strategies, boundary slip etc etc.) Using STAR-NX (guidence on where best to do what related to CAD NX vs STAR). Making use of Amesim HEEDS in order to do ROM.
December 24, 2022

Simcenter is now industry leader, growing in a fast pace to catch entire market

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Naresh kumar Gunda
Head of the section
HMIE (Automotive, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Star-ccm is well suited for nonlinear and unsteady problems. It solves thermal problems very well. The easy part is that we can customize as per customer choice. The test and Cae correlation for cfd problems will match exactly with Starcom. We have done a lot of procedures with siemens by giving projects to them directly, which helps us to focus on our vehicle development.
July 01, 2022

Single-GUI Multiphysics with script-free automation capability

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Andrew Gunderson
CFD Engineer
Mercury Marine (Maritime, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Very good at running large parametric studies or design optimizations where pre/post-processing can be automated without scripting. Mesh generation is very automated and easy to use. Single-GUI multi-physics (CFD, FEA, electromagnetics, etc.) makes running complex sims such as fluid-structure interaction very straightforward and less error-prone. It is a very general solver with tons of capability; therefore, the learning curve can be quite steep for someone without simulation experience.
June 28, 2022

Great variety of models and physics, cuts down on empirical tests

Verified User
Employee in Research & Development
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
For any single-phase flow problem, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ kills it, but for some hypersonic applications, you'd be better off with a specialized or in-house code. For multiphase modeling it has maybe 80% of models that exist, a few major recent innovations are lacking support (interface reconstruction methods for example) but Simcenter STAR-CCM+ does offer a variety of approaches that are popular in literature.
June 22, 2022

A well-polished swiss army knife to tackle a variety of multiphysics applications.

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Cristian Grigore
CFD analyst
R&D CFD (Automotive, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Very well suited for multiphase flows, conjugate heat transfer, and ICE simulations. Also, the advanced 3D-CAD modeling features allow us to not need a dedicated CAD modeling software (for ordinary tasks). Somewhat less optimized for advanced turbomachinery modeling with respect to competition. The GPU acceleration feature is interesting but it needs to be compatible with more physics models and preferably not require an additional license.
May 18, 2022

StarCCM+: Let's begin the Engineering

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
To calculate the bending moment and deviation on a solid object under a specific force, starCCM+ is very reliable. But, to calculate thin wall stresses under fluid, it lacks behind. Eg, for calculating the bending moment on a solid and hollow pipe of the same radii under point forces and uniform force and thus comparing results for both types and see which performs better under which force.
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