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FIDAP or FLUENT

FIDAP or FLUENT

FIDAP or FLUENT

(OP)
hi!!

what are the advantages/disadvantages in using FLUENT which is a finite volume code over FIDAP which is a finite element code?

by advantages i dont mean the user friendliess etc.

thanks!

RE: FIDAP or FLUENT

I'm an experimental guy, not a numerical one, so take my advice with a grain of salt.  As far as I know, fluent has advantages when it comes to parallel processing.  And fidap generally does a better job with mesh flexibility.  If I remember right, one is pressure-based and the other is density-based, although I can't remember which is which.  I'd call tech support and simply ask them which is better for your application (the same company makes both).

Haf

RE: FIDAP or FLUENT


AlexNeo,

Overall, my own opinion is that FLUENT is just plain better.  The only situation in which I would consider FIDAP would be for a very low reynolds number problem, or for some special physics models that aren't available with FLUENT.

vortexman

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