Streamline Solutions Launches ELEMENTS Version 4.4.0
15th August 2025:Streamline Solutions is proud to announce the release of ELEMENTS version 4.4.0, an open-source CFD software suite tailored for automotive design applications.
ELEMENTS 4.4.0 delivers a wide range of new features and enhancements designed to streamline CFD simulations and improve user experience for external aerodynamics, thermal management, and other critical vehicle flow applications.
This release also includes updated versions of the ELEMENTS-Adjoint and ELEMENTS-Coupled add-on modules to take full advantage of the new capabilities available in ELEMENTS 4.4.0.
What’s New in ELEMENTS 4.4.0?
Enhanced Simulation Framework
- Improved single-precision solver performance, delivering up to 40% faster run times for selected cases.
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New combustion models, advanced multiphase solvers with local time stepping, and extended cavitation modelling for complex simulations.
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Added battery thermal runaway modelling and new tools for rotating machinery applications.
Automotive-Specific Innovations
- Expanded thermal management sources, including porous media radiation and thermal runaway simulations for battery systems.
- New options for aerodynamic power calculations and enhanced DES/LES templates for smoother Cp profiles on challenging meshes.
- Extended boundary condition controls for more precise flow and thermal management in automotive scenarios.
Improved Geometry and Mesh Handling
- Rhino 3DM CAD import, new surface-splitting and 3D-to-2D conversion tools.
- New base mesh options, including isotropic, anisotropic and cylindrical meshes with extended support for 2D meshing.
- Enhanced layer smoothing, feature preservation and mesh quality controls for superior near-wall resolution.
Solver and Add-On Enhancements
- ELEMENTS-Adjoint Module: enhanced tools for aerodynamic and thermal design optimisation with improved adjoint stability and performance.
- ELEMENTS-Coupled Module: increased solver robustness with advanced stabilisation and extended compatibility for rotating machinery and transonic flows.
Post-Processing Advancements
- Improved post-processing with support for external datasets (PVD, VTK, Ensight) and enhanced runtime visualisation tools.
- New friction velocity and near-wall distance outputs for advanced aerodynamic analysis.
Learn More About ELEMENTS 4.4.0
Watch this video to learn more about this update. Explore the latest features and discover how ELEMENTS can transform your CFD workflows.
Access ELEMENTS 4.4.0 Today
If you are not an ELEMENTS user already, please contact us or email elements@streamline-cae.com for further information or scheduling a demonstration of the software.
About Streamline Solutions
Streamline Solutions LLC, a joint venture formed between ENGYS and Auto Research Center, was founded in the USA in early 2012 to service the vehicle design software market, covering automotive, motorsports, commercial and military applications. The company develops and markets the software ELEMENTS, a CFD analysis and vehicle design optimisation suite powered by open-source solver technologies developed by ENGYS as part of its CFD software HELYX. Streamline Solutions combines ENGYS’ leading-edge software development and support, a long and reputable participation in the open-source software business, with ARC’s proven vehicle design expertise and world leading wind tunnel and experimental facilities for validation purposes.
