[[Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)|CFD]] software born in Sheffield University/Imperial College, refined at [[Creare LLC]], bought by Ansys > Brian Spalding, universally considered to be the father of the CFD industry, best defined the influence of Fluent on the CFD industry. > > Spalding once said that the company he founded, CHAM, showed the world that fluid dynamics problems could be solved on a computer. > > He said that Fluent, on other hand, proved that engineers could use this software to solve real world problems. [Fluent, a pioneering Computational Fluid Dynamics (nafems.org)](https://www.nafems.org/blog/posts/analysis-origins-fluent/) # Beginnings ![[joe-scarborough-fluent.pagespeed.1596728776.png]] ## Involved Parties - [[Brian Spalding]] - [[Hasan Ferit Boysan]] - [[Ali Turan]] - [[Jim Swithenbank]]