## 1.3. Uses of CFD

CFD is used by engineers and scientists in a wide range of fields. Typical applications include:

- Process industry: Mixing vessels, chemical reactors

- Building services: Ventilation of buildings, such as atriums

- Health and safety: Investigating the effects of fire and smoke

- Motor industry: Combustion modeling, car aerodynamics

- Electronics: Heat transfer within and around circuit boards

- Environmental: Dispersion of pollutants in air or water

- Power and energy: Optimization of combustion processes

- Medical: Blood flow through grafted blood vessels

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