Cloudfluid, a specialist in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, has been acquired by nTop, in a move it describes as revolutionising how engineers design high-performance products.
Using Cloudfluid’s GPU-native solver technology, which accurately predicts fluid flow without the difficulty of creating complex conformal meshes, users will be able to couple this with nTop’s implicit geometry kernel to iterate on designs in near real-time to create breakthrough products.
While CFD simulation typically involves labour-intensive meshing and lengthy run times, particularly for complex computationally designed products, it is impractical to use for rapid design iterations. With the addition of Cloudfluid, nTop now offers what it says is the ‘most advanced and complete platform’ for computational design.
“We are hyper-focused on building software that helps engineers go from requirements to design as fast as the latest computing processors allow – that’s the power of computational design,” said nTop CEO Brad Rothenberg.
“One of the biggest bottlenecks has always been solving the physics – it takes time to mesh and converge on a solution. Cloudfluid solves this by integrating directly with our implicit modelling core, bringing CFD into the iterative computational design loop.”
The integration of Cloudfluid high-speed CFD with nTop’s computational design software expands the platform’s applications in aerospace, defence, and turbo machinery, where fluid dynamics are crucial.
Engineers should now be able to explore complex geometries and optimise designs faster, advancing propulsion, aerodynamics, and thermal management systems.
At the same time, nTop says that these technologies address machine learning’s data challenges, where curated simulation data is often lacking. “This integration enhances decision-making, accelerates innovation, and improves manufacturing efficiency by enabling the cost-effective generation of high-quality simulation data for training predictive models in digital twins and design optimisation,” concluded a spokesperson.
