It seems this week that CFD stands for Covid-19 Fueled Disarray. But enough of that. Even though this week’s CFD news is a tad light, there are several really cool grid pictures. Shown here is a model of the lungs for CFD simulation from the University of Cypress.

News

• Save the date: the NAFEMS World Congress 2021 will be held in Salzburg, Austria on 14-18 June. The call for papers has not yet opened.
• Rescheduled: the FLOW-3D World Users Conference has been rescheduled to 7-9 June 2021 in Munich.
• Congrats to ANSYS’ CTO for being named to HPCwire’s list of people to watch in 2020.
• While we’re on the topic of people, here’s an article about Virginia Tech’s role in the space program.
• The Computational Science Lab at the University of Cypress is developing CFD capabilities for the human respiratory system.
• Pointwise is a proud sponsor of the ASSESS Congress 2020.
• ICYMI, here are the results from our recent survey on Mesh Types.
  • Part 1, data and graphs
  • Part 2, open-ended question and long-form replies

There’s just something appealing about structured grids as illustrated in this grid for a parachute by our friends at GridPro.

CFD for…

• battery packs for electric race cars.
• yachts.
• swim goggles.
• soot emissions.
• dry cooling of thermal power plants.
• attic cooling.

Read the case study “Application of Pointwise T-Rex Meshing and CFD Modeling to the Analysis of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (S-CO2) Power Cycles“

Mesh Generative Art

Some believe abstract art is outside the realm of technology. Some believe (perhaps rightly) that I am predisposed to see meshes everywhere. Thomas Lin Pederson‘s generative art is the counterargument to both those positions. The self-proclaimed “data imaginist” and computational biologist now creates generative art using tools he develops for R. Here’s what he wrote about his process: “the sweet spot of generative art lies in creating a system that you know well enough to set it up for success, but is so complex that you still get surprised when you see the result.” Not only am I surprised by his results, I’m very much pleased with them, especially those with a mesh motif as unfold08 shown below.

Thomas Lin Pederson, unfold08. Image from artist’s website. See link above.