CFD-ACE+ is a general, partial differential equation (PDE) solver for broad
range of physics disciplines including: flow, heat transfer, stress/deformation,
chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, biochemistry, electrostatics, electromagnetics,
microelectronics, biology, and others - in any combination. It solves them in
multidimensional (0D-3D), steady or transient form. The code can be used to
solve complex engineering and scientific problems in various disciplines. CFD-ACE+
is uniquely suitable tool for complex multiphysics multidisciplinary applications.
The salient features of CFD-ACE+ include the following:
Grids
Multi-block structured in general curvilinear coordinates
General unstructured (i.e. arbitrary type elements including hexahedral,
tetrahedral, Cartesian, prismatic, octree, and polyhedral cells)
Arbitrary mesh interfaces
Overset mesh filaments and overset particle clusters
Moving, deforming, rotating grids with sliding mesh interfaces
Numerics
Implicit, Strong Conservation formulation for all PDEs
Euler and Crank-Nicolson temporal differencing methods
Upwind, Central, 2nd Order upwind, 2nd Order Limiter, 3rd Order and Smart
spatial difference schemes
FVM, FEM and BEM solvers for different physics domains (e.g. FEM used for
stress, BEM for electrostatics)
MPI based parallel processing on multiprocessor machines and clusters (Beowulf)
