Our software partner Fraunhofer ITWM, developer of the innovative simulation software MESHFREE, is currently featured in an insightful article on the Tagesschau website. Titled “How Avalanches or Floods are Calculated”, the article vividly illustrates how modern flow simulations can now model natural phenomena such as avalanches, floods, or other water and gas flows virtually without experiments.
The article impressively explains how simulations recreate these sometimes dangerous scenarios not only safely and reliably, but also significantly faster and more resource-efficiently – a key advantage over elaborate, real-world experiments. This makes clear the valuable contribution computer-aided modeling makes to research, technology, and hazard prevention.
We are delighted that MESHFREE is gaining visibility in this way – as an innovative solution that substantially advances the development and application of simulation methods.
Read the article on Tagesschau.de here:
MESHFREE Overview
MESHFREE is a powerful simulation tool for complex fluid dynamics, continuum mechanics, and multiphase scenarios, made possible by an innovative point cloud approach that dispenses with a static computational grid. Instead, a dynamically managed point cloud flexibly adapts to moving geometries or highly variable domains – ideal for demanding scenarios such as avalanches or free surface flows.
MESHFREE is based on a general continuum mechanical model (GFDM/FPM) and utilizes powerful methods such as the algebraic multigrid solver SAMG – developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer SCAI – which enables particularly efficient and resource-efficient simulation.
Application examples range from water management and avalanche simulation to fluid-structure interactions, metal cutting, or industrial manufacturing processes.
