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Company History
Following 15 years of pioneering work in
CFD, the University of Cambridge united its research in the 3 core areas
of Aerodynamics, Combustion and Turbomachinery. This new
body became the CFD Laboratory in 1995 and quickly set new
standards in CFD research.
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Within 4 years of the Laboratory’s
formation, it had accrued sufficient intellectual property
to necessitate a spin-off organization to make the technology
available to industry.
Cambridge Flow Solutions was formed in 1999 as an official
spin-out from the Cambridge University Engineering Department.
We join over 180 companies with roots in the University,
benefiting from a location in the heart of the CFD research
community. Our base of operations are in Histon, Cambridge, with consultants
working across the region and partnerships operating across
8 institutions in 6 countries worldwide.
Founding Technology
The development of CFD is one of the most significant achievements emanating from the CU Department of Engineering during the last twenty-five years.
First applied in the area of turbomachinery and aeronautics, it originated from the Whittle Laboratory. This research was further developed by CFS founders, Bill Dawes, Stewart Cant and Mark Savill for aircraft design as well as other aspects of turbomachinery.
The first code produced by members of the CFS team was BTOB3D, the ‘Dawes Code’. It was licensed to over 45 blue-chip clients from 1985-1996 and now forms the core of many integrated design systems. This structured blade-to-blade Navier-Stokes solver became an industry standard design tool and led to the cutting-edge adaptive unstructured version – NEWT. Such were the advances offered by this software, that of the turbomachines in service globally, the majority were in part designed by software developed by members of the CFS team.
| "An exciting trend now is to apply our models, developed using the rigorous and demanding approach required by the aerospace industry, to other areas." |
| -Bill Dawes |
This experience keeps CFS at the frontiers of modern CFD technology, applying these rigorous standards to other areas has seen the company move into automotive, motorsport and the chemical industry. While the leading areas for CFD revolved around the CFD solver for many years, the greatest gains are in how the solver and other pre and post processing tools are applied. Our new products and technology are focussed on adding value to the overall CFD design process. - See: Role of CFS
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