FastAgent: A Physics-Aware FastFluent-to-Fluent Workflow for Rapid CFD Screening and Industrial Steam Dewaxing Design
Industrial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) becomes costly when complex geometries, long transients and coupled physics must be evaluated across large design spaces. We introduce FastAgent, a physics-aware campaign controller built around FastFluent, a lightweight numerical engine for rapid physical screening. FastFluent supplies stage-specific fields and diagnostics; FastAgent allocates physical models, numerical resolution and simulation horizons by the active quantities of interest (QoIs), while returned Fluent discrepancies update subsequent decisions. Across six public CFD benchmark campaigns, the framework reduces normalised worst-QoI error by 5.68-99.14% and accelerates decision-relevant computation by factors of 1.53-15.36 relative to a matched Generic Agent control. Applied to high-pressure steam dewaxing in investment casting, FastAgent identifies nonuniform condensation heating as the dominant startup mechanism and separates rapid risk-window localisation from high-fidelity melt-completion confirmation. The rapid route requires 81.39% fewer cell-time updates than a fine-grid, small-time-step reference. Structural analysis localises fracture at the observed blade edge. Screening 131,072 outlet layouts and selectively evaluating candidates with Fluent and Abaqus identifies Sparse-6, which reduces simulated crack opening by 96.0% and connected crack extent by 66.7% relative to the Original design. These results demonstrate how rapid numerical evidence and adaptive fidelity control connect large CFD search spaces to mechanism-guided industrial design.