Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD Software
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multiphysics simulation platform designed to help engineers model the real-world performance of complex products. Built on a fully integrated user interface, the software streamlines simulation workflows from geometry preparation to post-processing, reducing engineering effort and accelerating design insight. Advanced automation capabilities—including robust automated meshing, end-to-end workflow automation, and embedded design exploration—help engineers significantly cut model preparation time and rapidly evaluate design alternatives. STAR-CCM+ enables accurate multiphysics simulation within a single environment, allowing engineers to study tightly coupled phenomena such as fluid dynamics, heat transfer, multiphase and particle flow, reacting flow, solid mechanics, electromagnetics, electrochemistry, rheology, and acoustics. By capturing the critical physics that influence product performance, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ minimizes reliance on approximations and assumptions. The result is highly accurate, trusted predictions that help engineering teams develop better products faster while increasing confidence that simulated performance will match real-world results.
Key Pillars
Collaborate
Enable engineering teams to work within a shared, integrated simulation environment that improves communication, data visibility, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Experiment
Explore more design possibilities faster with automated workflows and embedded design exploration that allow engineers to test, iterate, and optimize with confidence.
Integrate
Connect multiphysics models—including fluid flow, heat transfer, particles, and structural interactions—within a single unified CFD platform.
Streamline
Accelerate simulation workflows with automated meshing, scalable solvers, and end-to-end tools that reduce preparation time and speed up time to solution.
How it works
Multiphysics CFD
Multiphysics CFD simulation with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ enables engineers to accurately model the complex, interacting physical phenomena that drive real-world product performance—reducing reliance on assumptions while increasing predictive fidelity. By integrating capabilities such as fluid flow, heat transfer, multiphase and particle dynamics, reacting flows, fluid-structure interaction, aeroacoustics, rheology, and electrodynamics into a single environment, it delivers trusted, high-accuracy results that align closely with real-world behavior.
Multiphysics CFD - Flows
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ delivers advanced CFD modeling for gases and liquids across all flow regimes—from laminar to turbulent and subsonic to hypersonic. Engineers can leverage a full suite of turbulence models, including RANS, DES, and LES, to accurately simulate complex aerodynamic and hydrodynamic behavior.
Multiphysics CFD – Others
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ delivers comprehensive multiphysics simulation, including heat transfer, aeroacoustics, fluid-structure interaction, rheology, and electromagnetics, within a single integrated CFD environment. Engineers can model complex, coupled behaviors—such as thermal stress, noise propagation, and fluid-structure interactions—with high accuracy and efficiency. These capabilities enable faster analysis and optimization across diverse industries and applications.