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Discover Innovative Updates: Flownex SE Release 3

The latest release of Flownex, version 9.0.4, brings a compelling mix of major innovations and thoughtful refinements that elevate its 1D simulation capabilities to new heights. From the introduc...

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An Independence Day Brisket Analysis

The smell of fireworks and freedom is in the air! This year, my contribution to the family's Independence day festivities is a smoked brisket. Unfortunately, I have learned from experience that cooki...

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Calculating Wave Speeds in Flownex

Today, I will be discussing how to use a quick script component to calculate wave speed for a pipe in Flownex. We will be developing a script to determine the wave speed in two elastic tubes in diffe...

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FLOWNEX SE (2022 – UPDATE 1)

The latest Flownex® 2022 update allows for better modeling of multiple heat transfer paths to a single pipe element when selecting the added option of first-order discretization on the heat transfe...

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What’s new in Flownex 2021 Update 1

Friday Flownex Tip #16: The Flownex team has just released Flownex SE 8.12.8, also known as 2021- Update 1. This release added new components, additional flexibility, additional improvements to u...

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How to use Flow Path Graphs and Increment Plots in Flownex

Friday Flownex Tech Tips #11 Flow Path Graphs and Increment Plots can be incredibly useful visualization tools to see how a simulation result varies as a function of length along the axial flow pa...

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Friday Flownex Tech Tips #9

Today's Friday Flownex Tech Tip is to enjoy the long weekend! Cheers! ...

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How to Setup an External Shared Database in Flownex

Friday Flownex Tech Tips #8 Hi Folks! Another short and simple tech tip this week; How to set up an external shared database in Flownex. When working as part of a team it makes sense to share res...

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Using Views to bridge networks across multiple pages in Flownex

Friday Flownex Tech Tips #7 When building our networks it may be necessary to utilize multiple pages for a single network. This could be simply because our network is large and complex, or because...

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Creating Custom Fluids in Flownex

Friday Flownex Tech Tips #6 Occasionally glossed over, adding custom fluids is a fairly standard operation in Flownex that we don't think about until it's necessary. There are a couple of ways to...

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