Simcenter Flomaster

Simcenter Flomaster lets engineers simulate complete fluid systems early in the design process, before detailed CAD exists and when changes are still cheap to make. A 1D model of a cooling circuit, pipe network or fuel system solves in seconds or minutes, so you can answer sizing and performance questions long before a full 3D CFD analysis would be possible.

Where 3D CFD looks at a single component in detail, Flomaster captures how pumps, valves, heat exchangers, tanks and hundreds of metres of pipe behave together as a system. You get pressure, flow and temperature across the entire network, in both steady state and transient conditions, and can see how a change in one place affects everything downstream.

Flomaster comes with an extensive library of components backed by empirical loss data collected over more than 40 years, so results are trustworthy without extensive calibration. You can add your own test data, supplier curves or characteristics from 3D CFD to make the model match your specific hardware. This is what makes Flomaster a reference tool for pressure surge and water hammer analysis in industries where getting it wrong is expensive.

Run parametric studies and design sweeps to evaluate many system configurations in the time it would take to set up one 3D case. Test 'what if' scenarios such as pump failure, valve closure times or extreme operating conditions to make sure the system performs reliably. Flomaster also co-simulates with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Simcenter Amesim, so you can zoom in with 3D CFD where it matters and keep the system context around it.