CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics Or Colorful Fluid Dynamics?

By Sri Pathapati, Ph.D., Director of CFD Analysis and Engineering, Mazzei Injector Company

Queen’s immortal Bohemian Rhapsody asks a question that can directly apply to mathematical models: How do we know that numerical models are true? How do we know that they are defensible? More importantly, how can a modeler convey to customers the care he or she put into the model itself? Those questions are important to the water industry, where leading companies are making better use of sophisticated models every day.

Enter CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was once exclusive to the aerospace and automobile industries. That is no longer the case. Today, CFD is literally changing the shape of water management facilities and equipment.