Advanced CFD for Automotive Design.
Open-source CFD software tailored for automotive design, external vehicle aerodynamics analysis and thermal management. Benefit from embedded best practices and unlimited scalability.
Benefits
Why is ELEMENTS the right open-source CFD solution for you?
Configurable templates
ELEMENTS offers user configurable templates for modeling external vehicle aerodynamics and under-hood thermal management.
Validated best practices
ELEMENTS provides predefined aerodynamics templates validated against hundreds of wind tunnel measurements at both model and full scale.
Unlimited scalability
ELEMENTS allows you to run unlimited simultaneous CFD simulations across all available computing cores, without incurring any additional HPC licensing fees.
Parallel meshing
ELEMENTS' automatic hex-dominant parallel meshing, with geometry healing and wrapping, reduces CAD clean-up effort and turn-around time.
Automatic reporting
ELEMENTS' reporting capabilities include both run-time and post-processing routines for advanced visualization and automatic report generation.
VIRTUAL WIND TUNNEL
Fully validated CFD methods for virtual wind-tunnel simulations.
Wind-tunnel validation
The ELEMENTS External Aerodynamics Wizard provides a Virtual Wind Tunnel for vehicle aerodynamics simulations with predefined, validated templates.
Fully configurable best practices
Users can develop, save, and publish their own best practices for consistent results across various wind tunnel conditions.
general vehicle design applications
Comprehensive CFD solution for general automotive design applications.
ELEMENTS combines two simulation environments in one package: a dedicated virtual wind tunnel wizard for modelling external vehicle aerodynamics, and a general purpose CFD interface for solving other vehicle design applications, such as:
- UHTM, general thermal management
- HVAC and cabin comfort
- Aeroacoustics
- Battery cooling
- Brake cooling
key features
Unlimited simulations and parallel performance.
True high-fidelity CFD.
No compromise.
APPLICATIONS
Are you looking for an open-source CFD solution for automotive applications? We are the right choice.
ELEMENTS combines two simulation environments: a dedicated virtual wind tunnel for modeling external vehicle aerodynamics and a general-purpose CFD interface for other vehicle design applications. This combination, along with its open-source nature and unlimited scalability, makes ELEMENTS the most comprehensive CFD solution for the automotive industry.
Just like you, we are passionate about CFD
Contact ENGYS team to explain your automotive CFD challenges and learn if our open-source CFD solutions can help you.
ELEMENTS for External Aerodynamics
Our fully validated methods and a dedicated and customizable wizard for virtual wind tunnel CFD simulations make ELEMENTS the ideal solution for external aerodynamics simulations.
ELEMENTS for Thermal Management
From meshing complex geometries automatically to multi-region thermal analysis, ELEMENTS is the ideal CFD solution for thermal vehicle design.
ELEMENTS for Aeroacoustic
ELEMENTS offers full access to aeroacoustics DES/LES simulations without any extra HPC licensing costs.
ELEMENTS for Battery Cooling
The open-source CFD methods in ELEMENTS help engineers verify more designs at no extra cost to increase the lifespan and safety of battery packs.
ELEMENTS for Brake Cooling
Perform detailed brake cooling CFD analysis using advanced multi-region thermal models with complex motion mechanisms.
ELEMENTS for Fuel Tank Sloshing
Achieve accurate tank sloshing predictions with our advanced VOF multi-phase solver, including baffles and check valves.
ADD-ONS
Additional modules to expand ELEMENTS capabilities.
A continuous adjoint-based CFD tool for topology and shape optimization of complex engineering designs, including internal and external flow applications.
Block-coupled, implicit, CFD solver suite for single-phase, incompressible and compressible flow applications in the sub-sonic, transonic and supersonic regimes.
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ELEMENTS FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about ELEMENTS.
Is ELEMENTS a GUI for OpenFOAM?
No. ELEMENTS is a general-purpose, enterprise-class CFD software solution created and supported by ENGYS consisting of two main software components:
- HELYX-GUI: our graphical user interface, released under our own end-user license agreement. HELYX-GUI is designed to control and operate HELYX-Core.
- HELYX-Core: our open-source CFD simulation engine, released under the GNU GPL. HELYX-Core has been actively developed by ENGYS since 2010 using well-known open-source libraries, such as OpenFOAM, VTK, etc.
Can ELEMENTS-GUI be used with standard OpenFOAM?
No. ELEMENTS-GUI only supports and works with the CFD utilities and solvers developed by ENGYS and delivered with HELYX-Core.
Which platforms does ELEMENTS support?
ELEMENTS run on both Linux and Windows systems, and support x86, ARM and PowerPC architectures.
Are HELYX and ELEMENTS open-source?
HELYX-Core (our simulation engine) is open source and released to our customers under the GNU GPL as part of our HELYX and ELEMENTS packages, offering unlimited meshing and solver scalability without additional license costs. Conversely, the graphical user interfaces delivered with HELYX and ELEMENTS are released under our own proprietary license and are not open source.
Can I download ELEMENTS for free?
No. ELEMENTS is only available to paying customers. Both HELYX and ELEMENTS are licensed on a per-user basis.
Can ELEMENTS be customised or extended?
Yes. ELEMENTS customers are given full access to the HELYX-Core source code under the GNU GPL to modify and extend all the original functionality provided by ENGYS. ENGYS also offers development services and APIs for integrating custom CFD applications or workflows.
How does HELYX differ from ELEMENTS?
While HELYX is a general-purpose CFD tool, ELEMENTS offers all the benefits of HELYX in addition to a series of vertical applications tailored for external vehicle aerodynamics, thermal analysis and other general vehicle flow design applications.
How does HELYX-Core differ from OpenFOAM?
HELYX-Core is an enterprise-focussed evolution of OpenFOAM, characterised by its novel Unified Solver Framework. Unlike the more rigid publicly available distributions, this architecture, underpinned by a new consolidated material properties backbone, allows users to define simulations with much greater freedom through a combination modular physical models.
This versatility is maximized by superior performance from advanced coupled solvers and code optimization. Supported by an evolved meshing engine that combines superior cell quality, performance, and robustness with an extended set of capabilities, HELYX-Core delivers the speed and numerical stability demanded by modern engineering.