Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Design Services
Helping our customers address their critical fluid dynamics challenges since 2004.
What Does a CFD Consulting Firm Do?
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) consulting is a specialized engineering service in which experienced analysts use numerical simulation to predict fluid flow, heat transfer, and related physical phenomena within a client's product or system. A qualified CFD consulting firm connects every simulation directly to a measurable business objective — such as reducing thermal risk, optimizing pressure drop, or accelerating product certification — and delivers results with documented accuracy bounds and clear next-step recommendations.
Why Hire a CFD Consultant?
From the most complex multiphysics simulations and machine learning projects to basic design guidance, our team of fluid dynamics specialists are ready to help where needed.
Our model is pretty simple: work to understand how your business priorities are tied to fluid dynamics and then take the lead in applying computational fluid dynamics tools and knowhow to meeting those objectives. Most projects are completed successfully within two to four weeks of conceptualization. Both this model, and our skills in executing it, have evolved and progressed over several hundred customer projects delivered since 2004.
How Does the CFD Consulting Process Work?
Resolved Analytics uses a "done-with-you" consulting model where our team works as a technical extension of your internal staff, transitioning fluid dynamics from an isolated service to a collaborative partnership to solve complex multiphysics challenges and establish a digital thread from design to manufacturing.
Our consulting flow is built on a structured 7-step service project designed to move from discovery to technical execution within two to four weeks. This co-sourcing model allows your in-house team to retain responsibility for internal processes while leveraging our proprietary technical expertise in CAD-embedded CFD and Design Manager optimization.
Learn more about the organizational costs of CFD and co-sourcing vs. in-house models.
What are the Steps in a Typical CFD Project?
Schedule a discovery call and together we can decide what is needed to achieve your business objectives.
Receive a quote within 24 hours. Our standard two-week service package meets most clients' needs.
Within a day of release, a kickoff call gets the project off on the right foot. Information needs are identified.
We issue a project context document outlining project background, deliverables, schedule and expected outcomes making clear the value to be delivered.
We work collaboratively and quickly to meet objectives, maintaining a focus on how business metrics will be impacted by fluid dynamics.
The project document is updated with simulation results as they come in and interim meeting are used to discuss and define next steps.
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How to Evaluate a CFD Consulting Firm
Not all CFD consulting firms follow the same level of rigor. When evaluating a potential partner, engineering managers should assess four areas of methodological discipline:
Strategic Alignment
Does the firm trace the simulation scope directly back to your business objective — not just the technical request?
Do they define specific, measurable Quantities of Interest (QoI) and required accuracy levels before starting work?
Do they document the link between CFD model parameters (boundary conditions, material properties) and the engineering design variables they represent?
Methodological Integrity
Does the firm select mesh type, physics models, and convergence criteria based on documented reasoning — not just default settings?
Do they perform grid convergence and mesh sensitivity studies to prove the results are independent of the computational mesh?
Are fundamental conservation checks (mass, energy, momentum) verified and documented?
Experimental Validation
Does the firm compare simulation results to available experimental data or analytical correlations?
When no experimental data exists, do they benchmark against other simulation methods or simplified analytical models?
Are deviations from expected results explained and justified?
Confidence Statement
Does the firm deliver a formal confidence statement specifying the conditions under which the results are considered reliable — including applicable ranges, margin of error, and known limitations?
Does the final deliverable include a clear, specific recommendation and the expected business impact of that recommendation?
These evaluation criteria are derived from Resolved Analytics' Validation & Confidence Audit framework — a structured quality assurance process applied to every project. Firms that cannot clearly address these four areas may lack the methodological discipline required for high-stakes engineering decisions.
For data center thermal challenges specifically, see our Data Center CFD Modeling Guide.