Simcenter STAR-CCM+
An industry reference for CFD and multiphysics
From external aerodynamics to battery thermal management, STAR-CCM+ turns CFD from a specialist tool into everyday engineering.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is the Siemens flagship for computational fluid dynamics, covering flow, heat transfer, multiphase, reacting flow, aeroacoustics, solid stress and electromagnetic heating. Its defining trait is automation: surface preparation, meshing and solver setup — much of what once required manual expert work — are now streamlined workflows.
That means CFD no longer has to be the preserve of a few specialists. Process engineers can run routine analyses after training, while enough depth remains for aeroacoustics, combustion and fluid-structure interaction.
Key capabilities
Automated meshing
Polyhedral and trimmed meshes generated automatically — robust on complex geometry and fast to produce.
Multiphysics coupling
Fluids, solids, chemistry, acoustics and EM heating coupled in one solver.
Design Manager
Built-in design exploration and optimisation — run batches and let it search.
Aeroacoustics
From source identification to propagation, for wind noise and aerodynamic noise.
Multiphase & reacting
VOF, Eulerian multiphase, discrete phase, fluidised beds and chemical reactions.
Post-processing
High-quality flow visualisation with animation, report templates and automated export.
What it delivers
- Automated meshing and workflows compress CFD turnaround from weeks to days
- Multiphysics in one solver — no manual coupling between tools
- Built-in optimisation removes trial-and-error guessing
- Strong visualisation makes results communicable to non-specialists
- Links with Simcenter 3D and Amesim to build a complete digital twin
Modules & components
Typical applications
More products
Simcenter FLOEFD
CFD inside your CAD, runnable by the designer
View all productsSimcenter 3D
Structures, acoustics, flow, thermal and motion in one environment
View all productsSimcenter Amesim
1D system simulation across mechanical, fluid, thermal and control
View all products