This is a list of tools which are being used in various applications.

Industry Type of Calculation Name of Program
General Purpose Thermo-fluid Network SINDA/FLUINT
Automotive Thermodynamic "Filling-Emptying modeling" of Internal Combustion Engines AVL Boost
Automotive "Filling-Emptying modeling" of Internal Combustion Engines RICARDO Wave
Automotive "Filling-Emptying modeling" of Internal Combustion Engines, Engine Cooling, Vehicle Simulation GT Power Suites
Turbo-machines TF stands for Through Flow, performance of turbo-machines. ANSYS VISTA TF
Electronic Cooling Heat Transfer Electronic Cooling
Hydraulics General purpose, block diagram based MSC Easy5
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Generalized Fluid System Simulation Program (GFSSP) NASA - GFSSP
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer General purpose HTT: Heat Transfer Today
Hydraulic and Fluid Power Systems Simulation General purpose HyPneu
Hydraulic and Fluid Power Systems Simulation General purpose Automation Studio
Flow Network Modeling (FNM) General purpose / Electronic Cooling MacroFlow
Whole building energy simulation program to model energy and water use Building applications EnergyPlus
Flow and heat transfer in Condensers / Evaporators Refrigeration cycle (HVAC) Evap-Cond
Building Analysis and Design Products Bulding HVAC HEVACOMP
HVAC systems for commercial buildings Bulding HVAC HAP: Hourly Analysis Program
Process Modeling System Oil and Gas Extraction / Producing Companies, Petrolium Refining Process HYSYS
System-level Modeling General Purpose MAPLE
Mathematics General Purpose Mathematica
Pressure Vessel and Heat Exchangers General Purpose PV Elite
Pressure Vessel Design General Purpose Compress
Compressible Material Properties Modern Compressible Flow (John D. Anderson) COMPROP2


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