New R&D tools against lead times and costs (part 1): Fields of application for computational fluid dynamics in control valve development

摘要

Product development processes are continually being optimized. Companies use new R&D tools that help them reduce the lead time and costs needed for the development of new products. Computational fluid dynamics using 3-D CAD models is such a tool, which is still used rarely but whose acceptance is growing constantly. In this article, different fields of application for flow simulation in the development of control valves will be presented.