Engineering simulation impacts a wide range of external aerodynamic applications, from fuel economy and noise in commercial aircraft, to speed, range and maneuverability of military aircraft and weapons.

With demanding schedules, shrinking resources and a competitive market, engineers need to obtain accurate results as quickly and efficiently as possible. This webcast covers capabilities for solving modern external aerodynamics problems and challenges. Topics highlighted will include:

• External aerodynamics performance prediction
• Modern pre-processing for rapid meshing of complex geometries
• Overset Mesh approach for aerodynamics applications
• Aircraft ice protection
• Aeroacoustics

Demonstrations cover CAD-to-mesh, solution setup and post-processing of a transonic external aerodynamics problem. The usage of STAR-CCM+ Overset Mesh capability is also highlighted, with application benefits for:

• Parametric studies
• Rigid-body motion (prescribed or dynamic fluid-body interaction)
• Bodies in relative motion such as store separation and tube launches
• Control surface deflection