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I am dealing with error during lounching 2 Way FSI in ANSYS Workbench. Setup of the Fluent is ok (stand alone I am receiving expected results) and FEM uses Transient Structural.
Once I run the coupling I observe this error:
"Update failed for the Simulation compoment in System Coupling. The coupling service failed to start."
Please is here anyone who dealed with this error and was able to solve it?
Thank very much for your time.
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For 2 way FSI of Ball bearing, is it possible to keep Inlet/Outlet Boundaries as the Rotational Periodic Faces? For my case, it is a rolling bearing..I have modeled 40° out of 360°......And are 'Periodic ' different from 'Interface' Boundary Conditions? Thank you!
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how i can droplet liquid binder into particles powder during ANSYS fluent
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What problem are you having in ANSYS with the VOF (Volume of Fluid) model? You can clarify details such as the type of simulation, dimensions, or error messages you are seeing, and I will help you as much as I can.
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I am trying to assess wind environment around high-rise buildings at pedestrian level height (2m in full scale). My geometric scale is 1/300, which gives me PL (Pedestrian Level) height of 6.67 mm in reduced scale (rounded to 6 mm). Now, the issue is that as per the CFD recommendations, I need to have atleast 3 cells below PL, however as per the experiment, aerodynamic ground roughness (Zo = 0.0002 m), which is giving me sand grain roughness height, Ks = 1.95 mm (using Ks = 9.793*Z0/Cs) at Cs = 1 which is approximately equal to 2 mm, i.e., the first cell height if I were to divide PL height of 6 mm uniformly into 3 cells and I want Ks to be atleast half of 2mm. Now, ANSYS Fluent has by default restriction on the roughness constant Cs, i.e., 0<=Cs<=1, so I wish to bypass it using a User Defined Function (UDF).
To achieve this, I have read several research papers on how to form this UDF which ultimately led me to Master's Thesis of Monticelli pertaining to Generalized Wall Function (GWF) and I've also been reading ANSYS Fluent UDF manual, however, the issue is that I just need to bypass a constant so I am beginning to think that DEFINE_WALL FUNCTIONS macro may not be of use as I'm not trying to modify a wall function but just bypass a constant (I am working with Standard Wall Function) and figuring out how to do it by going through UDF manual is proving be a daunting task. I have already spent much time on this subject due to which rest of my work is getting delayed. Hence if anybody can offer any help, I would be deeply grateful.
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You should be able to modify the value of the Cs constant using a... DEFINE_PROFILE UDF. Nevertheless, if it works, you will have to check that it will still give physical values...
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I am trying to simulate the effect of the magnetic field on the silicon melt using ANSYS Maxwell and MHD (ANSYS fluent). I have simulated the magnetic field in Maxwell and linked the "solution" to the "setup" of fluent (MHD is activated). Furthermore, I also activated the MHD module;
Here are my problems: 1- I have exported the magnetic field file from Maxwell in TXT format. And imported into ANSYS fluent.
2—When I click on "apply external field" in the MHD module in ANSYS fluent, I cannot see a field that is apparently produced by Maxwell. Once I click to apply, it just freezes and does nothing until I close the app by clicking "End Task."
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any relevant tutorial to tackle this problem. I will be truly grateful if you share your experience or help with me.
Best regards
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To apply a magnetic field on a silicon melt using ANSYS Maxwell and MHD:
1. Set Up Geometry & Materials: Model the silicon melt and assign its temperature-dependent properties (electrical conductivity, viscosity).
2. Configure Magnetic Field in ANSYS Maxwell:
- Create the field source (coils/magnets) and assign excitation parameters (DC/AC current).
- Define boundary conditions and solve for the magnetic field in the melt region.
3. Export Magnetic Field: Export the magnetic field results for use in the MHD simulation.
4. Set Up MHD in ANSYS Fluent/CFX:
- Enable the MHD model, define fluid properties, and import the magnetic field from ANSYS Maxwell.
- Couple the magnetic field with the fluid flow using the Lorentz force.
5. Run Simulation: Solve the coupled problem and analyze the effect of the magnetic field on the silicon melt flow and temperature distribution.
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i am having container filled with fluid and heating coils around it i want to simulate that to check heat currents through fluid how can i simulate it on ansys fluent
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thank you for help.
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I am currently running a multiphase CFD simulation in ANSYS Fluent, involving liquid, gas, and solid phases with a moving bed of 3D-printed biocarriers in a water tank. The simulation frequently encounters the error "Negative Cell Volume Detected", which causes it to terminate prematurely.
The simulation setup includes:
  • A refined, unstructured mesh.
  • No-slip boundary conditions at the walls.
  • An opening condition at the top of the domain as an outlet.
  • Smooth symmetry planes and inflation layers near the walls.
Despite adjusting mesh refinement and time-stepping, the error persists. What could be causing this issue, and what are the best practices for resolving it, particularly when dealing with complex geometries and multiphase flow?
Any advice on improving mesh quality, setting numerical schemes, or adjusting solver parameters would be greatly appreciated.
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The negative cell volume in ANSYS Fluent is related to dynamic mesh whether the flow is single phase or multiphase. You have to double-check the dynamic mesh model and settings and try to reduce the time step size. If there is a boundary layer adjacent to the moving wall (object) you have to check the option that excludes the boundary layer from remeshing.
Kind regards,
Ashkan
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I am running a 3-D transient multiphase flow simulation for droplet coalescence over the hydrophobic substrate using the VOF model in the fluent 2020R2. To decrease the computational load, I am using volume fraction gradient-based mesh adaptation and adaptive time step advancement tool to model the coalescence. The following issues have been found while running the simulation.
Case _1.  When I am starting transient simulation at the zeroth time step and run it continuously up to any time step, the gradient-based mesh adaptation works uniformly.
For example, if I am running a transient simulation from zero to 330-time step (as shown in the attachment  A_Uniform Mesh_ time 330). The mesh adaption works smoothly throughout the domain.
I am looking for a solution for Case _2. Because currently, I am working on a problem, where it is required to restart the simulation at any time step and to simulate it for further time steps.
Here I am attaching all the details used to model the droplet coalescence.
I have defined a volume fraction gradient over the flow domain. As shown in the figure
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Hi, I wonder why you do not define the coarsing criterion in Fig. 4?
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I am currently using ANSYS Fluent to simulate regular waves, such as Stokes first and second-order waves, as well as Airy wave theories. While I have input parameters like water depth, wavelength, and wave height, the resulting surface elevation versus time plot does not appear as a regular wave. Instead, it shows unusual peaks and troughs, which differ significantly from the expected wave behavior. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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Generating regular waves in ANSYS Fluent involves setting up a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation.
1. Create a new 2D or 3D model.
2. Define the geometry (e.g., wave channel, ocean surface).
3. Set up the mesh (structured or unstructured).
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I am simulating a PV panel with modification, and I am getting this warning "temperature limited to 1.000000e+00 in 574 cells on zone 6 in domain 1" after some iteration and do not know the reason. I have checked the quality, and it's ok. I am wondering if someone can help.
Thanks in advance
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It simply means that temperatures are dropping ion those zones.
1. You can try giving a higher/ realistic temperature initial conditions.
2. Try giving more relaxation in energy equation
3. Try starting with adiabatic walls, when the flow stabilises, use this solution as an initial condition.
4. Use k-epsilon model initially till you get somewhat stabilised solution, and then only change the turbulence model.
Use any one of the above or a combination, whichever works for you.
Best of luck!
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I am modelling combustion of CI engine using FLUENT. In order to ignite fuel , patching some amount of o2 and products are necessary. I can not start ignition without patching. Could you help me simulating combustion of CI engine?
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Dear Xin Xin Li,
This work was my doctoral thesis. I solved the problem. Thanks.
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While running simulation with hooked udf DEFINE_SR_RATE in fluent Warning..Surface chemistry solver did not converge for NNNN cells/faces warning coming after each iterations . The number NNNN got changing after each iterations with out any trend.? Why this warning? And the residuals are also not converging even adjusting the under relaxation factors.
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Hi Sir, Greetings
Please let me know, how to solve this issue in Ansys fluent.
Looking forward for your reply.
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The Ansys Fluent user guide mentions that the shadow wall temperature differs from that of the shell layer surface farthest from the original wall. Does this mean the shadow wall does not coincide with the shell layer surface farthest from the original wall? I’m having trouble understanding the sentence highlighted in the picture. Could anyone help explain it? Thanks!
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For practical applications, both temperatures may be taken as same.
Secondly, yes the shadow should not coincide with the extremity wall, or we can say that it should remain out of the boundary layer (of lower wall).
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Hi everyone,
I plan to use fluid dynamics software to simulate the scour problem of monopile of offshore wind turbines, which is similar to the well-known bridge scour problem. I want to use this numerical simulation to get the depth of scour and the change in pore water pressure in the seabed. Now the more famous fluid mechanics software include OpenFOAM, Fluent and Flow3D, etc. Which is easier to learn? I already know that OpenFOAM is the most difficult. Which is better to learn, fluent or flow3D?
Best regards,
Ben
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Hi Ben Wu
Easier or better? ANSYS Fluent is by far better than Flow3D for general use. However, it is more complicated and requires more time to learn.
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I am currently working on a project that involves modeling the performance of metal hydride hydrogen storage systems. A critical aspect of my research is accurately determining the real-time density of the metal hydride during the absorption and desorption phases.
I am seeking guidance on the appropriate expression or equation that can be used to calculate this real-time density during these dynamic phases (ρ_s, density of solid). Additionally, if there are any relevant resources, papers, or examples that can provide further insights into this calculation, I would greatly appreciate it.
Any assistance or suggestions would be invaluable to my work. Thank you in advance!
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The root of the problem is that no one seems to bother questioning the foundation of our current physics: Maxwell's equations. Einstein complained about that, too:
"All my attempts to adapt the theoretical foundation of physics to this new type of knowledge (Quantum Theory) failed completely. It was as if the ground had been pulled out from under one, with no firm foundation to be seen anywhere, upon which one could have built." (P. A Schlipp, Albert Einstein: Philosopher – Scientist, On Quantum Theory, 1949)
"You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world which objectively exists, and which I, in a wildly speculative way, am trying to capture. I hope that someone will discover a more realistic way, or rather a more tangible basis than it has been my lot to find. Even the great initial success of the Quantum Theory does not make me believe in the fundamental dice-game, although I am well aware that our younger colleagues interpret this as a consequence of senility. No doubt the day will come when we will see whose instinctive attitude was the correct one." (Albert Einstein to Max Born, Sept 1944, 'The Born-Einstein Letters')
So, in the 162 years since Maxwell published his work, no one has noted that his equations are actually inconsistent and not in alignment with the fundamental theorem of vector calculus.
After the discovery of the quantum circulation constant k, with a value equal to c*c but a unit of measurement in [m^2/s] I have been able to formulate a second order fluid dynamics model for the aether, wherein fluid dynamics and electrodynamics are seemlessly integrated and the Coulomb now has a unit of measurement in [kg/s].
This means a return to real fields and practical math. See the discussion here:
As for the comparison of the new model to Maxwell, ChatGPT summarized this as follows:
"In summary, while Maxwell’s equations provide a mathematically valid formulation, the new model offers a more physically consistent framework by rigorously separating linear and angular components, avoiding the blending of different types of behavior and ensuring adherence to fundamental principles of vector calculus."
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i am a beginner to ansys fluent and working on the analysis of a naca008 aerofoil but after the meshing in fluent section its showing a error "WARNING: Unassigned interface zone detected for interface aerofoil-contact_region-trg" and i am unable to initialize the flow so someone help me to rectify this error
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Hello Gokul .s ,
This means that some interfaces are being generated in your model because you have partitioned the compute domain. If you do not want to use interfaces, you should use Share Topology in SpaceClaim or the Form New Part option if you are working with Design Modeler. The other solution is to connect interfaces in the Make Interfaces section in Fluent, which I do not recommend since you are a beginner.
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I need to a "UDF" for calculating the heat transfer coefficient
where use in local thermal non eqilibrume "LTNE" method
for simulating heat transfet in porous media by Fluent!!!
I want to use local thermal non eqilibrume (LTNE) method for simulating the heat transfer in metal foam (sic).
in thise method heat transfer coefficient must be enter to calculation process with "UDF" .
i want to this "UDF". can you help me???
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HI all,
this udf can provide the heat transfer coefficient according to this ref:
F. Kuwahara, M. Shirota, A. Nakayama, A numerical study of interfacial convective heat transfer coefficient in the energy equation model for convection in porous media, Int. J. Heat Mass Tran. 44 (2001) 1153–1159.
#include "udf.h"
#include "sg.h"
#include "sg_mphase.h"
#include "flow.h"
#include "mem.h"
#include "metric.h"
#define PI 3.14159265
#define kf 0.134 // fluid thermal conductivity [w/m.K]
#define eps 0.86 // porosity
#define prandtle 53.6 // Prandtle number
#define df 0.00071 // ligament or fiber diameter in poros media [m]
#define Re_co 142.0 // Re contstant that is muliplyed by the velocity to calculate Re [s/m]
DEFINE_PROFILE(h_sf,t,i)
{
cell_t c;
face_t f;
real U_ave,h_sf,sum1,count1;
count1=0.0;
sum1=0.0;
begin_c_loop(c,t)
{
U_ave = pow((pow(C_U(c,t),2.)+pow(C_V(c,t),2.)+pow(C_W(c,t),2.)),0.5);
count1=count1+1;
if (U_ave > 0.0)
h_sf= kf/df*((1+4*(1-eps)/eps)+0.5*pow(1-eps ,0.5)*pow(Re_co*U_ave ,0.6)*pow(prandtle,1/3));
else
h_sf= 0.0;
F_PROFILE(c,t,i)= h_sf;
sum1=sum1+h_sf;
}
end_c_loop(c,t)
sum1=sum1/count1;
printf("average convection coefficient h_sf = %f [W/m2.K]. \n",sum1);
}
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Lee Smolin, major contributor to Loo0 Quantum Gravity, fluent and inspired theoretical physicist, devoted his later career towards proving and exploring the reoyrcussions of such an assumptions which led him to conceptions such as the cosmological darwinian principle etc
However, his main thesis, that "time is real" is dubious, never got endorsed.
At worse (or to tyevrelief of many) , it solidifiedvtge the idea of the imposibility of constructively bridging philosophical insights with physics
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Μr Nicolis,
I agree. Given Einstein's inevitable relativity of time, spacetime is the "thing" to ascribe properties and not time - in its 4D manifold, Lorentz signature and - most familiar- metric defined geometry.
Thus any in depth inquiry about properties of time ends up physically irrelevant, also (state of the art ) physics-wise off
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I am simulating water flow boiling through rectangular microchannel using Multiphase VOF model (evaporation-Condensation Mechanism)
Why we have to take number of eulerian phases =3
i.e. Air as Primary phase, Liquid water and Liquid Vapor as Secondary phases.
Can't we take 2 i.e. Water-Liquid as 'Primary Phase' and Water-Vapor as ' Secondary Phase' (as I see no boiling with 2 phases)
Please guide
Thanks in advance
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Yes, it is possible to simulate boiling using the evaporation-condensation model without explicitly including air, but achieving successful and realistic boiling requires careful attention to initialization and boundary conditions. In the absence of non-condensable gases like air, nucleation sites for bubble formation are significantly reduced, making spontaneous vapor bubble formation during the boiling process challenging. This might explain why boiling was not observed in your simulations. To address this, you can introduce small regions or patches of vapor within the liquid domain at the start of the simulation, effectively initializing small volumes with the vapor phase to act as nucleation sites. This approach helps to promote the formation and growth of vapor bubbles, facilitating a more accurate representation of the boiling process.
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Hello;
I am conducting a CFD study on two-phase flow in a separator, utilizing refrigerant as the working fluid.
For this study, I have implemented pressure inlet and pressure outlet boundary conditions based on experimental data. The simulation employs the Eulerian method in conjunction with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) and Reynolds Stress Model (RSM). Upon completing the simulation, I observed that the flow rate calculated by Fluent significantly exceeds the experimental data. Additionally, the mass balance is not adequately satisfied.
It is important to note that while a mass flow inlet boundary condition was applied, a reverse flow issue occurred. Attempts to rectify this through geometry extension and mesh refinement have not resolved the concern. Furthermore, the pressure inlet values predicted by Fluent were considerably underestimated compared to the experimental measurements.
I would greatly appreciate any valuable advice or insights you may have regarding these issues.
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Fluent is a computer model--an approximation. Neither Fluent or any other computer model is the "last word" on anything, regardless of how much it costs or how many people have used it to do whatever. Experiments (properly conducted and analyzed) are the last word. The more complex the problem (geometry, fluids, phases, etc.), the more you must look to experimental data for direction and confirmation. Far too many on RG simply run a commercial code and think that's enough to get a PhD.
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I am doing some heavy simulations in Fluent using clusters. The models are not readable by laptop or desktop because they are very heavy. So, i have to take the contours in cluster using journal file commands. But i don't know how. If anyone has experience in this field, please share it wit me. Thank you very much.
BR,
Ehsan
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Hello,
We have also used computer clusters to calculate some CFD cases. Usually we use two methods to log in to the cluster remotely from a personal computer, upload and download .cas(.h5) and .dat(.h5) files, or view the results of the calculations directly on the cluster's linux system.
1. Login to the cluster via Xshell 7.0 software and upload or download files using Xftp 7.0 software. Generally upload the .cas and .dat files that need to be calculated, as well as the .pbs file and .jou file that set the number of iterations, the save command, the number of model dimensions and the number of cores used.This method can only be used to view the data (e.g. results such as Fluent's isosurfaces, etc.) by opening them on a personal computer after downloading the results from the cluster at the end of the computation.
2. You can also log in to the cluster through the windows remote desktop connection on your PC (type "remote desktop connection" in the search box on the taskbar in the bottom left corner of your PC). Enter the IP address of the cluster, enter the login screen, and then enter your username and password to access the visualisation of the cluster linux system. Right-click on the desktop of the linux system to open terminal. Go to FLUENT's bin directory via the linux cd command. Then type . /fluent to start running the FLUENT software, later you will be able to use the FLUENT software visually as in windows, to perform calculations and view contour plots. This eliminates the need to write .pbs and .jou files to set up iteration and save commands. However, uploading and downloading of computational cases between PCs and the cluster is still done through the Xftp 7.0 software. In addition, the graphics card of the cluster is usually weak and thus the image processing power is poor, but displaying some xy-plot graphs is no problem at all.
The above are the two methods we use. Due to differences in clusters and Linux versions (we use CentOs 7.9), not sure if this will help you.
Best regards
Guoxiang Tang
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In ANSYS Fluent, which radiation model is most suitable for accurately simulating the behavior of solar radiation in the context of concentrated solar power systems, such as linear Fresnel systems: p1, S2S, Monte Carlo, Discrete Ordinates (DO), or DTRM?
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For accurately simulating the behavior of solar radiation in the context of concentrated solar power systems, such as linear Fresnel systems, the Discrete Ordinates (DO) model in ANSYS Fluent is typically the most suitable.
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"When solar irradiation reaches a surface, some of it is absorbed while the rest is reflected. Part of the light absorbed by the surface transforms into heat and increases the module's temperature. Some of the thermal energy from the PV panel is lost to the environment through convection and thermal radiation. Therefore, for thermal losses, I have two equations: Q(radiation) and Q(convection). To introduce them as boundary conditions in Fluent, I used a Mixed approach to incorporate radiation and convection. However, I'm unsure how to apply the optical loss of the surface due to reflection of the panel towards the environment, derived as: Q_reflectance = G_sun * (1-α), as a boundary condition in Fluent applied to a wall.
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Hi, I am trying to model laser cladding in Ansys FLUENT. There are two phase: one is base metal surrounded by an inert gas (shown in the image). I want to add a cladding layer of the same metal. It is done using a mass source term in the continuity equation (shown in the image). Can someone please tell how to add a mass source term using UDF?
I can write the UDF but unable to decide where the UDF is added?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
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Rajesh Kumar Sahoo I know the mass source term. I want to know where to add the UDF for the mass source term. Since it is a two phase flow, I don't see an option to add the mass source term after compiling the UDF. I see the option for adding the energy and momentum source terms but not the mass source term. When I switch to single phase, then only I see an option to add a mass source term.
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I am using ansys 19.2, I need to write an expression for a boundary condition in my simulation. I see that there are only 2 options available these are constant and New input parameter.
So i would like to know how to enable it, as in default setting it doesn't show up.
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thank you very much now I use the ansys 2021 version and I have the solution to the problem I had
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Hello everyone,
I am currently working on a case involving Cardiovascular disease using FSI (Fluid-Structure Interaction). I have an artery in an STL file. However, when I created a shell for the artery to represent the arterial wall in the mechanical simulation, it ended up consisting of multiple parts, making it difficult to select and to apply pressure on the surface.
Is there any way to merge the facets on the wall and the inlet into a single surface?
Thank you.
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Ahmed G. Rahma Can you share your .stl file?
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hello everyone
i get into fuent and i select the result icone then i try to create an isosurface but the button is gray so i can't choose it.
what's the problem?
any suggestion.
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Shahbaz Ali
thank you for your interaction.
i did find the issue which is the need of the initialisation.
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Regarding the system coupling issue where the update of the solution component fails, the system coupling update for fluid flow (Fluent) triggered an exception: "Update Solution Failed."
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CFD ANALYSIS OF HEAT EXCHANGER
MODELS DESIGN USING ANSYS FLUENT
Ram Kishan
M. Tech., Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Sachdeva Institute of Technology, Farah, Mathura, India
Devendra Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Sachdeva Institute of Technology, Farah, Mathura, India
Ajay Kumar Sharma*
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow, India
*Corresponding Author
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study is design tube and box heat exchanger
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study is design tube and box heat exchanger with various pattern of
tubes and examine the flow and temperature field at inlet and outlet point of tube and
container using ANSYS programming tool. Three types of heat exchangers are
planned in this examination with various structures of cylinders contains of 175 mm
breadth and 1000 mm length shell measurement 175 mm. To expand the rate of heat
exchange of heat exchanger advancement is done which tries to distinguish the best
parameter combination of heat exchangers. The prefix parameter (tube width) is
utilized as an info variable and the yield parameter is the most extreme temperature
distinction of container and tube heat exchanger. Three types models are design on
the basis tubes varieties of heat exchanger and CFX examination is completed in
ANSYS 14.0.
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i run my calculations in fluent in my desktop and i let work then the next day i come to the laboratory and i found that the fluent window has been closed so then the simulation. if you've any idea why is this happening.
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you are welcome
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I get an error saying "no signals yet at reciever"
Any reason that might be??
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I myself was perplexed in this and got to know that first computing the recevrs data will work, then i can compute FFT.
But, when i click calculate , then it says the no of time steps in wiritng file is less then minimum 9450. I do not know how it computed or what? I specified this much number of time steps in writing Acoustic data but again this error appeared.
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EMMS - Energy Minimization Multi-Scale
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EMMS drag model is as follows:
The EMMS drag model is based on the work of Chen et al. (2009) and can be expressed as:
$$F_D = \frac{1}{8} \pi d_p^2 \rho_c C_D |u_c - u_p| (u_c - u_p)$$
Where:
- $F_D$ is the drag force per unit volume of the dispersed phase
- $d_p$ is the particle diameter
- $\rho_c$ is the density of the continuous phase
- $C_D$ is the drag coefficient
- $u_c$ is the velocity of the continuous phase
- $u_p$ is the velocity of the dispersed phase
The drag coefficient, $C_D$, is calculated using the following expression:
$$C_D = \frac{24}{\alpha_c^{0.65}Re_p} (1 + 0.15 \alpha_c^{-0.687} Re_p^{0.687})$$
Where:
- $\alpha_c$ is the volume fraction of the continuous phase
- $Re_p$ is the particle Reynolds number, defined as:
$$Re_p = \frac{\rho_c d_p |u_c - u_p|}{\mu_c}$$
- $\mu_c$ is the dynamic viscosity of the continuous phase
The C++ code implementation of the EMMS drag model in ANSYS Fluent 2023 would be similar to the following:
```cpp
// Calculate the particle Reynolds number
double ReP = rho_c * dp * fabs(u_c - u_p) / mu_c;
// Calculate the drag coefficient
double alpha_c = 1.0 - alpha_p; // Volume fraction of continuous phase
double CD = 24.0 / (pow(alpha_c, 0.65) * ReP) * (1.0 + 0.15 * pow(alpha_c, -0.687) * pow(ReP, 0.687));
// Calculate the drag force
double FD = 0.125 * M_PI * dp * dp * rho_c * CD * fabs(u_c - u_p) * (u_c - u_p);
```
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Hi everyone,
I try to do a simulation about heat transfer of supercritical hydrogen in a cooling channel. Properties of H2 is obtained from NIST and displayed by an UDF function. I used the k-w model. If i set inlet temperature at 300K, everything is fine and correct. But when i set it to 34.6K, i ran into the problem " turbulent viscosity limited to viscosity ratio of 1.000000e+05 in xxx cells". My mesh is very fine as displayed below. CAn anyone help me to solve the problem
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Hi,
Did you manage to find a solution for your problem ? I kind have the same issue and I am not able to solve it.
Thanks
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Hello,
How can we determine the exergy by Ansys Fluent program? or any another program to solve the exergy equations by simple method?
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Dear Israa Ali
Exergy have analytical equations and you may calculate their parameters based on your problem. you should use EES - implicit solver and Thermophysical library- for this purpose.
Good luck,
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I want to model a combustor that has two fuel inlets for two different fuels. I want to model this using FGM in fluent.
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I believe it must be a non-premixed combsution in order to specify the fuel in each entry.
I have no idea what you're doing so I can't help you more than that.
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What does it mean meshed wall and shell conduction with or without run-out method use to meshing copper tube in Ansys fluent?
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Hi! I am trying to evaluate the performance of a bypass graft using transient CFD via ANSYS Fluent. However, I cannot find a way on how to calculate and display time-averaged wall shear stress, oscillatory shear index, and relative residence time on the software? Can anyone help me? Thank you!
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TAWSS calculation: First-time statistics should be tick marked and from calculation activities select mean WSS, mean x WSS, mean y WSS and mean x WSS z WSS should be selected before running the calculation. You will find the variable Wall Shear Trnavg (TAWSS) in the results 3. For OSI calculation, use the formula after running the simulation in the results, First, create an expression: 0.5*(1-(sqrt(Wall Shear X.Trnavg^2+Wall Shear Y.Trnavg^2+Wall Shear Z.Trnavg^2)/Wall Shear.Trnavg )) Then create a variable using this expression.
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Anyone working on ANSYS Fluent, i need some guidance about troubleshoot problems in ANSYS fluent. Recommend me any best book, or other theory guide about technical issues or troubleshoot solution in Ansys Fluent. Thanks
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To know if your answers are correct you need to do Validation study i.e., you have to select an experimental research paper and compare your results with the experimental data (such as Pressure, Cl. Cd, heat transfer etc). If it is in good agreement then it means your solver setup is proper and you can try out further analysis.
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I wanna get isotherms and streamlines contours at differents instances, so how to do this in post processing of the ansys fluent.
thanks in advance.
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good morning Mr. Jafar Behtarinik
Thank you for your feedback....i will try this.
thank you again.
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I have a graph show the heat flux applied on the heated wall below (Heat flux through X direction). The heat flux can be write as a function of Z (for example q= Z*Z + 1000). Can anyone help me with this.
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Sorry not familiar with udf profile writting. Hence, I cannot help :(
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I need a tutorial for a simulation for water entraped in ports with various depth and various currents at the port entry.
Where I can find a similar simulation?
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Please send me link for tutorials or examples....
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Where to find a simulation for propellers in ANSYS CFX or Fluent?
See what I already done below:
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ANSYS fluent is used for propeller simulation
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Hi Friends,
In some fluent simulation probelm, after run the iteration, iteration is moving for certain iteration(in my case 88th iteration) and then stops but loading , why it happened. Even if i stop, it is in same and not able to close. i could close through atrl+alt+del. Why ? anybody face this problem..?
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You are welcome sir
I'm available for any collaborative workflow
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ANSYS FLUENT - I need to generate variable wind speeds with rapid changes in velocity.
How to add winds in ANSYS to simulate a hurricane?
Or how to get a variable wind speed and direction input?
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Use wind tunnel, could find in mechanical engineering laboratory …..
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My FLUENT model includes fluid and solid regions, with Discrete-Ordinates (DO) radiation model.
The heating boundary conditions are defined by a named expression of Temperature-Time for the heating units. I'm having the issue that the temperatures in various parts of the model exceed the max value defined in the expression, even the heating units themselves.
The calculations completed normally.
What could be the possible causes?
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Usually, temperature overshoots with radiation occur in skewed cells. Even if there is only one, then it propagates to the surrounding cells. So, maybe you can try to locally improve the mesh quality in the parts where this overshoot occurs.
Additionally, if it is not the case, ensuring that the angular discretization of the DO model is high enough (Theta and Phi divisions >= 3) could also help.
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Hello everyone
I wanna calculate the nusselt number in ansys fluent for a triple pipe geometry, and i'm not sure about the right way to do that.
I f someone know the correct steps to do.
Thanks in advance.
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Farnaz Hosseini thank you madame for your interaction
This is what i thought too, can you describe the steps to calculate the parameters needed to calculate the nusselt.
There's two temperatures: the wall temperature and the mean(or mixing) temperature, i wanna make sure what i did is correct(i used the report definitions option to do this).
There's something confusing me: to calculate the nusselt number we need the heat flux exchanged betweeen the wall and the fluid can you tell me how to calculate it in fluent cuz i'm not sure about what i did.
Thank you again for your feedback madame.
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Hello everyone. Recently i am start to work on Ansys fluent software to simulate a model. Model: A rectangular vessel having 100mm height, 30mm width and 1mm thickness having the mixture of methane(10%v/v) and air(90%v/v) with a central spark. i put spark in the center with energy 2 joule and diameter of spark is 1 mm for duration of 0.1s. The condition is a transient, pressure density based, species transport, select eddy dissipation, on the spark, method selected is PISO, boundary conditions no outlet or inlet. all walls or adiabatic, wall is made of steel, heat flux zero, values of species is 0.20 CH4, 0.76 O2, 0.001 CO2, 0.001 H2O, . initialization standard, second order of all functions. Still i can not get the right results. I need to plot a graph between temperature and time, pressure and time which should be come in the range of 2000k and 0.6-0.8mpa. anyone please guide me that where i am doing mistakes.
I share three pictures, two screenshot are my results which are not correct and one rough picture which has the excepted results.
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Venkata Satyanarayana Initial temperature is 300K. The result of curve should be come in the range of 200k and pressure 0.6 mpa. If no issue, can we talk through a proper social media. I am thankful if you help me in this matter. your guidance important to me.
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Hello there! I am running transient CFD simulation for a vehicle ideal gas law and the energy equation and I seem to be getting a negative gauge static pressure in the whole domain, even though the reference pressure in the domain was initialized to the atmospheric pressure. Does anyone have suitable explanation and a possible solution for this occurrence? Thanks!
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All you need to do is set the operating pressure to 0 and enter absolute pressure values for the boundary conditions.
Kind regards
Ashkan
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I have other question in setup of mixed convection of water flow in circular tube under an isothermal heat flux using Ansys fluent,gravity is on, In term of density the boussinesq hypothesis is done, also reference density set at reference temperature (inlet temperature), is it necessary to go to operating conditions to more setup?
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Thank you for your answer,
If I use a PRESTO and second order to solve pressure , Momentum and energy equation with simple algorithm for velocity-pressure copling. How i can set up the underrelaxation factor?
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I am conducting a simulation of a co-flow flame using a 2-D axisymmetric model in Fluent. However, reversed flow exists in the pressure outlet. I have already tried to expand my computational domain to eliminate the reversed flow. But it didn't work. I also did the grid-independent test, so the quality of the mesh shouldn't be a problem.
Could anyone give me some suggestions to fix this problem? Thanks!
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Hi, I agree with Mohammad Rahjoo , did you check that at the outlet the Backflow Direction is set to "From Neighboring Cell" instead of the (old) default "Normal to Boundary"?
Which value is specified for the Backflow Temperature?
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I have been working on fan boundary condition in ANSYS FLUENT. If I'm not wrong I remember providing pressure jump based on axial velocity and in addition tangential and radial velocity component.
I'm currently working on modelling the fan in server and analyses via OpenFOAM. I found this BC fanpressure to be equivalent to fan boundary conditon.
I need to input the fan curve data and provide BC fanPressure for pressure and pressureInletOutletVelocity for velocity. In this case, mass flow rate is calculated by pressure but I need to fix the volume flow rate/mass flow rate in the fans for server.
Can anyone provide me an idea how to do it?
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<patchName>
{
type fanPressure;
file "fanCurve";
outOfBounds clamp;
direction in; // in | out
p0 uniform 0;
value uniform 0;
// Optional entries
U U;
phi phi;
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Hi, I'm trying to design a convergent-divergent nozzle in order to obtain the lowest pressure drop using the software Ansys Fluent in 2D mode. In every simulation I do I change a geometry value in order to study how that thing can influence pressure drops; then I consider the difference between inlet and outlet absolute pressure  to calculate my pressure drops, but I notice that inlet absolute pressure changes in every simulation, why does this happen? In the boundary conditions I set velocity inlet with 0 gouge supersonic pressure, and outflow outlet, am I forgetting something?  
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Francesca Folesani (1). In the main FLUENT window, on the left side under Results, Reports-Surface Integrals-Set Up. Set Report Type as Area-Weighted Average. Field Variable should be Pressure and Static Pressure by default, so leave those settings alone. Select both inlet and outlet under Surfaces, and Compute. The results are written to the main FLUENT window.
(2). Record the inlet and outlet pressures – these are gauge pressures averaged across the inlet and outlet faces, respectively.
Note: The outlet gauge pressure should be zero or nearly zero since we had specified (by default) the outlet boundary condition as zero-gauge pressure.
(3). Close the Surface Integrals window.
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I am working on uncertainty quantification of Numerical Model where I am using Fluent and MATLAB. I am facing while writing a journal file ( A script consisting of all the commands using Text User Interface) to automate the work in Matlab. But while writing scripts for result analysis in fluent using TUI, I am facing problem and could not find any way to write them. I would be very grateful if you could help me out to solve it.
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If you get any solution plz share with me too.
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I need a material science expert who is also fluent (Native) in English to edit my paper and works. I can offer payment or co-authorship as compensation.
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I am interested to work with you. Currently working in in the of Material science and Nanotechnology at Chinese Academy of Sciences. Feel free to contact me.
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I'm doing 3000rpm drone propeller computation on ansys fluent. First 1500 iteration steady state mrf zone is computed with SST k-w turbulance model. After convergence is done i change it to transient DES model to capture acoustic datas.
Created zone is divided two equal peace to create periodic condition.
My first question is that what is the correct time step size to calculate transient simulation of rotating propeller (with sliding mesh).
Secon is that why my interior zone is corrupted while iteration progress. Is it releated to timestep size?
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Is this boundary condition correct for this simulation?
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We are working on translating the Short Phronesis Measure (SPM) into Chinese; this exciting new measure was initially developed and validated by the Jubilee Centre at the University of Birmingham.
I have finished translating the 106 items into simplified Chinese, and now looking for a colleague who is a native English speaker and fluent in Chinese to do the back-translation.
If you are interested, please let me know. Looking forward to opportunities to collaborate with you!
Many thanks & best wishes,
Yan
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Thank you for your interest! We have already found the candidate :-)
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Has anyone encountered this error before: 'Section Not Handled at line 10' while importing a surface mechanism while having the chemkin-cfd solver selected? Once I get this error I am not able to investigate the cause because the software will crash and I would need to terminate.
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Hello Raaid Allam Sir, Greetings!
Is this error resolved?
I am also getting the same error. If your problem is fixed, kindly guide me in this regard and
Kindly mail me the possible ways to resolve this error,
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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Is it a sickness that so many papers present 3D streamlines via commercial Anasys Fluent/CFD-Post/Tecplot?
  • Tecplot: Surface streamtraces or streamlines are confined to the surface on which they are placed.
  • Tecplot: A streamtrace is the path traced by a massless particle placed at an arbitrary location in a steady-state vector field. Streamtraces may be used to illustrate the nature of the vector field flow in a particular region of the plot.
  • Fluent: Pathlines are used to visualize the flow of massless particles in the problem domain.
  • CFD-Post: A streamline is the path that a particle of zero mass would take through the fluid domain.
In fact, these are representations of pathline.
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I realdy did not undestand the question... but for whom read this after: some possibilies to post processing.
Tecplot are able to generate streamlines in 1, 2 or 3D velocity fields, all it will depends uopn from them are released. You can choose... there are at least fivr option do it. Under Analuzee TAB there is an option to generate particle paths amd streaklines.
On both you can inform the particle, radius, mass, initial velocity, drag coeficient and gravity acceleration modulus and direction.
For Particle path, if the particles have no mass, no gravity and drag are null, the result it will be the same as streamlines (they are generates as a MESH, you need turnon mesh viwe to see them) - if you have a unsteady flow ( changes on stremlines), I think the tecplot will calculate the trajectories from initial to end time. And Streakilines are transient in this conception, and the result are the same for particle paths but you can animate them! It is a lagrangeam post processing with one way coupling.
All them work from any dimension 2or 3D, steady or unsteady
CFD post, works for 3D always, even a 2D case is loaded - CFD Post was CFX Post in the past, and ANSYS CFX is alway 3D. There is some translation from FLUENT data do CDF-post, and a slim 3D geometry is created from 2D Fluent DATA. But you have a real 3D case genetare surface or volumetric Streamlines from where you want a plane, from point, lines, or any geometry entity you have created.
Particles trajectories are load as a other data file - Fluent and CFX generate this files and they need to be loaded after the case. This avoid crashes for a large numer of particles.
Oh, and there is ENSIGHT (CEI now ANSYS) - there is the same Tecplot approach.
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composite PCM cooling
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You need to invoke continuity, momentum, energy (including phase change and porous media) equations in Ansys.
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Hi, I am using FLUENT 19.2 to simulate a packed bed reactor of simple rectangular cross section. Solid inside the reactor (CaO) is porous and gas (Steam) enter the reactor from bottom. Product of the reaction is calcium hydroxide(which is also solid). The reaction is exothermic and the heat generated is transferred to fluid (HTF) flowing outside along the walls of the bed.
I need to know if it is possible to simulate this reaction using Ansys Fluent. If yes then which models/procedure should be used. Is there any tutorial available for this kind of reaction in fluent? Thanks
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Hello, I'm doing the similar research. I think that it can be solved by ANSYS Fluent. May be we can discuss the question.
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For my multiphase 2-D simulation, I am trying to add an expression HTC = q/Twall-Tsat, but it's not working any ideas on how to add this expression and then make a contour from it?
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IronPython console can be used for adding expressions in ANSYS Fluent.
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Hello Everyone!!
I am currently working on a model for renewable energy harvesting using ocean wave energy in Ansys fluent. I have applied a dynamic mesh and compiled the UDF for motion of a vertical plate due to imp-act of ocean waves. But I am not being able to extract the velocity data of the plate as it moves linearly in the horizontal direction. Can anyone suggest the method in which the data can be extracted and plotted?
Thank You.
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Velocity is defined as displacement over time. There are various expressions of this like dx/dt from calculus. If it is one-dimensional then you don't need root-of-sum-of-squares position (RSS of x, y & z positions) to determine displacement, it is simply X2 - X1, or the difference between final position (2) with respect to initial position (1). So you need some coordinate system for your dynamics problem. 1st rule of dynamics, always define your coordinate system. 2nd rule, develop a Free Body Diagram (FBD) of the object (or entity) in question as it resides within your coordinate system. The FBD must identify ALL externally applied forces acting upon the object/entity. Then you apply Newton's second law to the FBD, F=mA, where F is the summation of applied forces, m is mass and A is resultant acceleration. F and A are vector quantities, m is scalar mass (magnitude only, no direction). Choice of coordinate systems can simplify or overly-complicate the resulting equations. If you define the coordinate origin to be the initial position, it may simplify your governing equation. All of these considerations should be applied before any application of complex modeling tools such as ANSYS, in order to estimate an expected result and recognize unexpected results that need further explanation. Conceptual modeling must come before numeric, to avoid the risk of the common "garbage-in-garbage-out" scenario. The plate speed shouldn't exceed the particle speed of the wave, otherwise your model probably has violation of the laws of conservation in one form or another. Further, if your plate is 'unrestrained' or 'unconstrained', it will give you one answer, but if you try to extract work from it by making it push on a piston or or some other form of mechanical energy conversion for power extraction/generation, that restraint or constraint or impedance will reduce the resultant deflection of the plate. The force acting on the plate over the deflected distance form the product of work (W = F times D all in the same parallel or linear direction or degree of freedom). This product gives a theoretical maximum of the possible energy that may be extracted. Your actuator (piston or generator, whatever it is) will have a conversion efficiency less than unity (<100%) which must be applied in your considerations of power generating capacity. Power is work per time or dW/dt. Be mindful of dimensional units to check for dimensional correctness of any governing equations you derive while assessing the FBD, otherwise you will fall into the "garbage-in-..." trap.
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I am currently working on pin fin in microchannel. I want to calculate heat transfer and thermal boundary layer of that pin fin at different Reynolds number. Can anyone tell me how to find it in ANSYS Fluent Software?
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First of all, you need to decide which modes should be included in your simulation, for example, convection, radiation, or all modes.
If you are interested in knowing the convection, for example, your simulation will give you the value of h, and based on it, you can calculate the convection.
Similarly, in radiation, you will need to know the (e) and so on.
Good luck
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I am currently running a fairly simple 2D axisymmetric simulation of heat transfer w/ melting inside a latent heat storage. I am using water as HTF (inner tube) and paraffin as PCM (outer tube). However, no matter which parameters I change, I can never achieve isothermal melting as it was in the experimental research I am validating my model against. It is a vertically oriented storage, so I am currently modelling the problem without natural convection, as was done in the research, but I have tried using the Boussinesq approximation for density, to similar results.
I have defined a point in FLUENT by coordinates provided in the research, and am then getting the temperature value from Facet Average for the defined point.
I have varied solidus/liquidus temperature (from S32-L35 °C to SL35 °C), thermophysical properties (constant and piecewise-polynomial), discretization schemes, geometries (2D/3D) and mesh density, and got fairly similar results and temperature variation over time.
My main problem is that my PCM melts in a matter of minutes, all the while its temperature increasing (visible from the images I am providing), yet the experiment clearly shows that melting occurs fairly at the same temperature and in approximately two hours, and temperature has three distinct slopes, from where it is clearly observable when heating of the solid, melting, and heating of the liquid PCM occurs. I am attaching the comparison of my numerical analysis and experimental research.
For the presented validation attempt, I have used the following properties:
density: 770 kg/m3
thermal conductivity: 0.1 W/mK
dynamic viscosity: 0.023 Pas
heat capacity: 1800S-2400L J/kgK (piecewise-polynomial)
latent heat: 206 kJ/kg
solidus/liquidus: 35 °C
I would appreciate any suggestion you might have.
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Sir, I am working on a latent heat thermal storage system, and trying to validate an experimental paper.
Based on your above discussion, I am trying with the variable Cp method in fluent. But still in simulation, the melting rate is much more than the experimental one.
With due respect, can you suggest something?
Is it possible to use a udf for variable-specific heat with a rectangular profile?
Regards
Prakash Singh
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Hello fellow researchers,
I am currently engaged in a 2D simulation of a three-blade vertical axis wind turbine using CFD Fluent, incorporating sliding mesh simulationI. I have conducted various simulations at different RPMs, and upon calculating the average torque from the torque R-plot file, I observed that the average torque is consistently negative, indicating a counterclockwise blade movement.
Specifically, I performed simulations at 20 RPM, 53 RPM, 83 RPM, 101 RPM, 120 RPM, and 137 RPM, all with a constant initial velocity of 10 m/s. Notably, only the first two simulations at 20 RPM and 53 RPM yielded positive average torque values, while the remaining simulations showed negative average torque.
I am reaching out for your valuable suggestions regarding potential mistakes in my approach. Your insights would be greatly appreciated.
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Yes, kindly check out the attached picture for the mesh details.
Thank you.
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Are people more likely to mix up words if they are fluent in more languages? How? Why?
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Certainly! A person who is eloquent in more than one language is more likely to code-switch and mix up words from different languages within her L1. Language users be it consciously or unconsciously, seek facilitating things for themselves. Reasons for this interference vary:
1/ Similarities in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary among languages systems like French, English, Spanish do play an important role in a multilingual society. The fact of knowing more than one language because of historical reasons, mixing up words become crucial when people communicate with others from different languages. A person who is fluent in French may easily mix up words when using English. The same thing happens to learners who mix up words from French when writing in or speaking English.
2/Language dominance: A bilingual speaker who uses the second language the whole day at work and with colleagues may not prevent herself from mixing up words when using her mother tongue at home.
3/ Prestige is another reason why people mix up words. For example, in Algeria people who uses French (a second language) words or sentences with Arabic is considered intellectual.
3/Actually languages interferences and code-witching occur even in the same language. For instance, a person who lives or works in an area which is far from home may be noticed since she uses different vocabulary and body language. The same thing happens to the same language user when words are mixed up using her own language at home.
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Hi,
I’m using udf to define a praticle surface reaction. The dpm_scalar_update marco is used to get the data of species mass fraction of the praticle surface reaction. No errors occur while loading the udfs. However, this error called (Variable (sv: 742, pick: species, dim: 14) cannot be interpolated. Not allocated) occurs when the dpm iterate. And the iteration stil goes on...
If anyone tell me what cause this error, it would be much appreciated.
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please be sure that the physical model you defined particularly at tht interface of the boundaries are correct.
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No one has the mental capacity to know all languages. Additionally, the more languages one is fluent in, the more likely that individual will mix up words. Thus, knowing enough languages for survival is optimal while artificial intelligence could and potentially will bridge language barriers. Of course knowing three languages or more is somewhat of an advantage.
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Sure, the focus study helps to find many special points of Strength in the language.
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Hi everyone,
referring to this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaV_knzzks
which is a part 1 tutorial for a dynamic mesh problem for a piston and reed valve, could you please explain the utility for the fluid_valve_prisms zone and the fluid_stationary_prisms zone ?
One more question, why defining the gravity force on the piston in UDF. Why not defining a global gravity force in operating conditions ?
Thank you in advance.
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In ANSYS Fluent, resolve deforming mesh and zone definition issues by ensuring a proper setup. First, verify the mesh suitability for deformation, especially in relevant regions. Activate the deforming mesh option in the solution setup, specifying the correct deformation model. Clearly define zones, specifying deforming and stationary areas and ensuring proper connections. Set appropriate boundary conditions, paying attention to motion for moving or rotating boundaries. Check solver settings related to dynamic mesh and deformation, ensuring compatibility. Provide accurate initial conditions for deforming zones, including velocities and temperatures. Use Fluent's monitoring tools to visualize mesh deformation during simulation, aiding in issue identification. Careful review and consistency in zone definitions, boundary conditions, and solver settings are essential for a successful simulation.
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Hello everyone, I am currently using ANSYS Fluent 2022R1. The XY plot and the strain rate contour I obtained from Fluent are different than when I used the expression (dV/dx + dU/dy).
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It seems like you're facing a discrepancy between the strain rate contour obtained directly from Fluent and the one calculated using the expression (dV/dx + dU/dy). This could be due to various reasons, and troubleshooting such issues often involves checking several aspects of your simulation setup and post-processing. For example, the quality of mesh, the convergence study, and the good application of BC. Vibgyor Tash
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I am doing a simulation in ANSYS FLUENT for ship resistance. Suddenly I found the below error message in DM while translating the geometry.
Warning: At least one of the imported/attached/converted bodies could not be validated. It is possible that subsequent modeling operations will fail. Additional information: The following could not be validated: Midsection Context: Feature Translate3
Can anyone please advice me, how can I solve this?
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