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CFD

CFD

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The study of how liquids and gases move using computers
  • noun
  • Specialized
: CFD
  • The second phase of the BW/IP program was to prove that CFD can predict impeller efficiencies.
  • CFD software
  • CFD analysis
  • CFD simulation

To be clear guys, I'm not saying that their CFD analysis or their real world testing is wrong or that what they said doesn't make sense.

Examples

  • The first phase involved determining whether CFD could accurately predict flow fields inside the impeller.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Fledgling engineers must learn FEA and CFD concepts before they can understand the results the software returns, Suresh said.

    Academic text (2008)

  • His work has included improved design practices, CFD tool development, and control schemes.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The latter enables engineers to get CFD results in a few hours, according to Favre.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Transcend recognized the opportunity to improve the valve performance and to use CFD as a design tool.

    Academic text (1998)

  • "We designed a new impeller using the traditional design method and used CFD to double-check our findings.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Ninety-five percent of those projects are accomplished by using CFD to complete the design cycle and validate laboratory results.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has made enormous progress over the past decade.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Other firms, such as BW/IP International Inc. in Long Beach, Calif., are adapting CFD to their design processes.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The field of CFD allows engineers to simulate and analyze airflow in complex environments.

Surface Forms

CFD singular
CFDs plural

Morphology

CFD = C + F + D

CFD here is an initialism for 'computational fluid dynamics' and the letters themselves are not productive morphemes conveying the meaning to learners.

Etymology

CFD comes from computational fluid dynamics, with computational meaning 'using computers', fluid meaning 'liquid or gas', and dynamics meaning 'movement', so it is the use of computers to model how air and water move.