- •ANSYS Fluent Tutorial Guide
- •Table of Contents
- •Using This Manual
- •1. What’s In This Manual
- •2. How To Use This Manual
- •2.1. For the Beginner
- •2.2. For the Experienced User
- •3. Typographical Conventions Used In This Manual
- •Chapter 1: Fluid Flow in an Exhaust Manifold
- •1.1. Introduction
- •1.2. Prerequisites
- •1.3. Problem Description
- •1.4. Setup and Solution
- •1.4.1. Preparation
- •1.4.2. Meshing Workflow
- •1.4.3. General Settings
- •1.4.4. Solver Settings
- •1.4.5. Models
- •1.4.6. Materials
- •1.4.7. Cell Zone Conditions
- •1.4.8. Boundary Conditions
- •1.4.9. Solution
- •1.4.10. Postprocessing
- •1.5. Summary
- •Chapter 2: Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Mixing Elbow
- •2.1. Introduction
- •2.2. Prerequisites
- •2.3. Problem Description
- •2.4. Setup and Solution
- •2.4.1. Preparation
- •2.4.2. Launching ANSYS Fluent
- •2.4.3. Reading the Mesh
- •2.4.4. Setting Up Domain
- •2.4.5. Setting Up Physics
- •2.4.6. Solving
- •2.4.7. Displaying the Preliminary Solution
- •2.4.8. Adapting the Mesh
- •2.5. Summary
- •Chapter 3: Postprocessing
- •3.1. Introduction
- •3.2. Prerequisites
- •3.3. Problem Description
- •3.4. Setup and Solution
- •3.4.1. Preparation
- •3.4.2. Reading the Mesh
- •3.4.3. Manipulating the Mesh in the Viewer
- •3.4.4. Adding Lights
- •3.4.5. Creating Isosurfaces
- •3.4.6. Generating Contours
- •3.4.7. Generating Velocity Vectors
- •3.4.8. Creating an Animation
- •3.4.9. Displaying Pathlines
- •3.4.10. Creating a Scene With Vectors and Contours
- •3.4.11. Advanced Overlay of Pathlines on a Scene
- •3.4.12. Creating Exploded Views
- •3.4.13. Animating the Display of Results in Successive Streamwise Planes
- •3.4.14. Generating XY Plots
- •3.4.15. Creating Annotation
- •3.4.16. Saving Picture Files
- •3.4.17. Generating Volume Integral Reports
- •3.5. Summary
- •Chapter 4: Modeling Periodic Flow and Heat Transfer
- •4.1. Introduction
- •4.2. Prerequisites
- •4.3. Problem Description
- •4.4. Setup and Solution
- •4.4.1. Preparation
- •4.4.2. Mesh
- •4.4.3. General Settings
- •4.4.4. Models
- •4.4.5. Materials
- •4.4.6. Cell Zone Conditions
- •4.4.7. Periodic Conditions
- •4.4.8. Boundary Conditions
- •4.4.9. Solution
- •4.4.10. Postprocessing
- •4.5. Summary
- •4.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 5: Modeling External Compressible Flow
- •5.1. Introduction
- •5.2. Prerequisites
- •5.3. Problem Description
- •5.4. Setup and Solution
- •5.4.1. Preparation
- •5.4.2. Mesh
- •5.4.3. Solver
- •5.4.4. Models
- •5.4.5. Materials
- •5.4.6. Boundary Conditions
- •5.4.7. Operating Conditions
- •5.4.8. Solution
- •5.4.9. Postprocessing
- •5.5. Summary
- •5.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 6: Modeling Transient Compressible Flow
- •6.1. Introduction
- •6.2. Prerequisites
- •6.3. Problem Description
- •6.4. Setup and Solution
- •6.4.1. Preparation
- •6.4.2. Reading and Checking the Mesh
- •6.4.3. Solver and Analysis Type
- •6.4.4. Models
- •6.4.5. Materials
- •6.4.6. Operating Conditions
- •6.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •6.4.8. Solution: Steady Flow
- •6.4.9. Enabling Time Dependence and Setting Transient Conditions
- •6.4.10. Specifying Solution Parameters for Transient Flow and Solving
- •6.4.11. Saving and Postprocessing Time-Dependent Data Sets
- •6.5. Summary
- •6.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 7: Modeling Flow Through Porous Media
- •7.1. Introduction
- •7.2. Prerequisites
- •7.3. Problem Description
- •7.4. Setup and Solution
- •7.4.1. Preparation
- •7.4.2. Mesh
- •7.4.3. General Settings
- •7.4.4. Models
- •7.4.5. Materials
- •7.4.6. Cell Zone Conditions
- •7.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •7.4.8. Solution
- •7.4.9. Postprocessing
- •7.5. Summary
- •7.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 8: Modeling Radiation and Natural Convection
- •8.1. Introduction
- •8.2. Prerequisites
- •8.3. Problem Description
- •8.4. Setup and Solution
- •8.4.1. Preparation
- •8.4.2. Reading and Checking the Mesh
- •8.4.3. Solver and Analysis Type
- •8.4.4. Models
- •8.4.5. Defining the Materials
- •8.4.6. Operating Conditions
- •8.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •8.4.8. Obtaining the Solution
- •8.4.9. Postprocessing
- •8.4.10. Comparing the Contour Plots after Varying Radiating Surfaces
- •8.4.11. S2S Definition, Solution, and Postprocessing with Partial Enclosure
- •8.5. Summary
- •8.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 9: Using a Single Rotating Reference Frame
- •9.1. Introduction
- •9.2. Prerequisites
- •9.3. Problem Description
- •9.4. Setup and Solution
- •9.4.1. Preparation
- •9.4.2. Mesh
- •9.4.3. General Settings
- •9.4.4. Models
- •9.4.5. Materials
- •9.4.6. Cell Zone Conditions
- •9.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •9.4.8. Solution Using the Standard k- ε Model
- •9.4.9. Postprocessing for the Standard k- ε Solution
- •9.4.10. Solution Using the RNG k- ε Model
- •9.4.11. Postprocessing for the RNG k- ε Solution
- •9.5. Summary
- •9.6. Further Improvements
- •9.7. References
- •Chapter 10: Using Multiple Reference Frames
- •10.1. Introduction
- •10.2. Prerequisites
- •10.3. Problem Description
- •10.4. Setup and Solution
- •10.4.1. Preparation
- •10.4.2. Mesh
- •10.4.3. Models
- •10.4.4. Materials
- •10.4.5. Cell Zone Conditions
- •10.4.6. Boundary Conditions
- •10.4.7. Solution
- •10.4.8. Postprocessing
- •10.5. Summary
- •10.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 11: Using Sliding Meshes
- •11.1. Introduction
- •11.2. Prerequisites
- •11.3. Problem Description
- •11.4. Setup and Solution
- •11.4.1. Preparation
- •11.4.2. Mesh
- •11.4.3. General Settings
- •11.4.4. Models
- •11.4.5. Materials
- •11.4.6. Cell Zone Conditions
- •11.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •11.4.8. Operating Conditions
- •11.4.9. Mesh Interfaces
- •11.4.10. Solution
- •11.4.11. Postprocessing
- •11.5. Summary
- •11.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 12: Using Overset and Dynamic Meshes
- •12.1. Prerequisites
- •12.2. Problem Description
- •12.3. Preparation
- •12.4. Mesh
- •12.5. Overset Interface Creation
- •12.6. Steady-State Case Setup
- •12.6.1. General Settings
- •12.6.2. Models
- •12.6.3. Materials
- •12.6.4. Operating Conditions
- •12.6.5. Boundary Conditions
- •12.6.6. Reference Values
- •12.6.7. Solution
- •12.7. Unsteady Setup
- •12.7.1. General Settings
- •12.7.2. Compile the UDF
- •12.7.3. Dynamic Mesh Settings
- •12.7.4. Report Generation for Unsteady Case
- •12.7.5. Run Calculations for Unsteady Case
- •12.7.6. Overset Solution Checking
- •12.7.7. Postprocessing
- •12.7.8. Diagnosing an Overset Case
- •12.8. Summary
- •Chapter 13: Modeling Species Transport and Gaseous Combustion
- •13.1. Introduction
- •13.2. Prerequisites
- •13.3. Problem Description
- •13.4. Background
- •13.5. Setup and Solution
- •13.5.1. Preparation
- •13.5.2. Mesh
- •13.5.3. General Settings
- •13.5.4. Models
- •13.5.5. Materials
- •13.5.6. Boundary Conditions
- •13.5.7. Initial Reaction Solution
- •13.5.8. Postprocessing
- •13.5.9. NOx Prediction
- •13.6. Summary
- •13.7. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 14: Using the Eddy Dissipation and Steady Diffusion Flamelet Combustion Models
- •14.1. Introduction
- •14.2. Prerequisites
- •14.3. Problem Description
- •14.4. Setup and Solution
- •14.4.1. Preparation
- •14.4.2. Mesh
- •14.4.3. Solver Settings
- •14.4.4. Models
- •14.4.5. Boundary Conditions
- •14.4.6. Solution
- •14.4.7. Postprocessing for the Eddy-Dissipation Solution
- •14.5. Steady Diffusion Flamelet Model Setup and Solution
- •14.5.1. Models
- •14.5.2. Boundary Conditions
- •14.5.3. Solution
- •14.5.4. Postprocessing for the Steady Diffusion Flamelet Solution
- •14.6. Summary
- •Chapter 15: Modeling Surface Chemistry
- •15.1. Introduction
- •15.2. Prerequisites
- •15.3. Problem Description
- •15.4. Setup and Solution
- •15.4.1. Preparation
- •15.4.2. Reading and Checking the Mesh
- •15.4.3. Solver and Analysis Type
- •15.4.4. Specifying the Models
- •15.4.5. Defining Materials and Properties
- •15.4.6. Specifying Boundary Conditions
- •15.4.7. Setting the Operating Conditions
- •15.4.8. Simulating Non-Reacting Flow
- •15.4.9. Simulating Reacting Flow
- •15.4.10. Postprocessing the Solution Results
- •15.5. Summary
- •15.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 16: Modeling Evaporating Liquid Spray
- •16.1. Introduction
- •16.2. Prerequisites
- •16.3. Problem Description
- •16.4. Setup and Solution
- •16.4.1. Preparation
- •16.4.2. Mesh
- •16.4.3. Solver
- •16.4.4. Models
- •16.4.5. Materials
- •16.4.6. Boundary Conditions
- •16.4.7. Initial Solution Without Droplets
- •16.4.8. Creating a Spray Injection
- •16.4.9. Solution
- •16.4.10. Postprocessing
- •16.5. Summary
- •16.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 17: Using the VOF Model
- •17.1. Introduction
- •17.2. Prerequisites
- •17.3. Problem Description
- •17.4. Setup and Solution
- •17.4.1. Preparation
- •17.4.2. Reading and Manipulating the Mesh
- •17.4.3. General Settings
- •17.4.4. Models
- •17.4.5. Materials
- •17.4.6. Phases
- •17.4.7. Operating Conditions
- •17.4.8. User-Defined Function (UDF)
- •17.4.9. Boundary Conditions
- •17.4.10. Solution
- •17.4.11. Postprocessing
- •17.5. Summary
- •17.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 18: Modeling Cavitation
- •18.1. Introduction
- •18.2. Prerequisites
- •18.3. Problem Description
- •18.4. Setup and Solution
- •18.4.1. Preparation
- •18.4.2. Reading and Checking the Mesh
- •18.4.3. Solver Settings
- •18.4.4. Models
- •18.4.5. Materials
- •18.4.6. Phases
- •18.4.7. Boundary Conditions
- •18.4.8. Operating Conditions
- •18.4.9. Solution
- •18.4.10. Postprocessing
- •18.5. Summary
- •18.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 19: Using the Multiphase Models
- •19.1. Introduction
- •19.2. Prerequisites
- •19.3. Problem Description
- •19.4. Setup and Solution
- •19.4.1. Preparation
- •19.4.2. Mesh
- •19.4.3. Solver Settings
- •19.4.4. Models
- •19.4.5. Materials
- •19.4.6. Phases
- •19.4.7. Cell Zone Conditions
- •19.4.8. Boundary Conditions
- •19.4.9. Solution
- •19.4.10. Postprocessing
- •19.5. Summary
- •Chapter 20: Modeling Solidification
- •20.1. Introduction
- •20.2. Prerequisites
- •20.3. Problem Description
- •20.4. Setup and Solution
- •20.4.1. Preparation
- •20.4.2. Reading and Checking the Mesh
- •20.4.3. Specifying Solver and Analysis Type
- •20.4.4. Specifying the Models
- •20.4.5. Defining Materials
- •20.4.6. Setting the Cell Zone Conditions
- •20.4.7. Setting the Boundary Conditions
- •20.4.8. Solution: Steady Conduction
- •20.5. Summary
- •20.6. Further Improvements
- •Chapter 21: Using the Eulerian Granular Multiphase Model with Heat Transfer
- •21.1. Introduction
- •21.2. Prerequisites
- •21.3. Problem Description
- •21.4. Setup and Solution
- •21.4.1. Preparation
- •21.4.2. Mesh
- •21.4.3. Solver Settings
- •21.4.4. Models
- •21.4.6. Materials
- •21.4.7. Phases
- •21.4.8. Boundary Conditions
- •21.4.9. Solution
- •21.4.10. Postprocessing
- •21.5. Summary
- •21.6. Further Improvements
- •21.7. References
- •22.1. Introduction
- •22.2. Prerequisites
- •22.3. Problem Description
- •22.4. Setup and Solution
- •22.4.1. Preparation
- •22.4.2. Structural Model
- •22.4.3. Materials
- •22.4.4. Cell Zone Conditions
- •22.4.5. Boundary Conditions
- •22.4.6. Solution
- •22.4.7. Postprocessing
- •22.5. Summary
- •23.1. Introduction
- •23.2. Prerequisites
- •23.3. Problem Description
- •23.4. Setup and Solution
- •23.4.1. Preparation
- •23.4.2. Solver and Analysis Type
- •23.4.3. Structural Model
- •23.4.4. Materials
- •23.4.5. Cell Zone Conditions
- •23.4.6. Boundary Conditions
- •23.4.7. Dynamic Mesh Zones
- •23.4.8. Solution Animations
- •23.4.9. Solution
- •23.4.10. Postprocessing
- •23.5. Summary
- •Chapter 24: Using the Adjoint Solver – 2D Laminar Flow Past a Cylinder
- •24.1. Introduction
- •24.2. Prerequisites
- •24.3. Problem Description
- •24.4. Setup and Solution
- •24.4.1. Step 1: Preparation
- •24.4.2. Step 2: Define Observables
- •24.4.3. Step 3: Compute the Drag Sensitivity
- •24.4.4. Step 4: Postprocess and Export Drag Sensitivity
- •24.4.4.1. Boundary Condition Sensitivity
- •24.4.4.2. Momentum Source Sensitivity
- •24.4.4.3. Shape Sensitivity
- •24.4.4.4. Exporting Drag Sensitivity Data
- •24.4.5. Step 5: Compute Lift Sensitivity
- •24.4.6. Step 6: Modify the Shape
- •24.5. Summary
- •25.1. Introduction
- •25.2. Prerequisites
- •25.3. Problem Description
- •25.4. Setup and Solution
- •25.4.1. Preparation
- •25.4.2. Reading and Scaling the Mesh
- •25.4.3. Loading the MSMD battery Add-on
- •25.4.4. NTGK Battery Model Setup
- •25.4.4.1. Specifying Solver and Models
- •25.4.4.2. Defining New Materials for Cell and Tabs
- •25.4.4.3. Defining Cell Zone Conditions
- •25.4.4.4. Defining Boundary Conditions
- •25.4.4.5. Specifying Solution Settings
- •25.4.4.6. Obtaining Solution
- •25.4.5. Postprocessing
- •25.4.6. Simulating the Battery Pulse Discharge Using the ECM Model
- •25.4.7. Using the Reduced Order Method (ROM)
- •25.4.8. External and Internal Short-Circuit Treatment
- •25.4.8.1. Setting up and Solving a Short-Circuit Problem
- •25.4.8.2. Postprocessing
- •25.5. Summary
- •25.6. Appendix
- •25.7. References
- •26.1. Introduction
- •26.2. Prerequisites
- •26.3. Problem Description
- •26.4. Setup and Solution
- •26.4.1. Preparation
- •26.4.2. Reading and Scaling the Mesh
- •26.4.3. Loading the MSMD battery Add-on
- •26.4.4. Battery Model Setup
- •26.4.4.1. Specifying Solver and Models
- •26.4.4.2. Defining New Materials
- •26.4.4.3. Defining Cell Zone Conditions
- •26.4.4.4. Defining Boundary Conditions
- •26.4.4.5. Specifying Solution Settings
- •26.4.4.6. Obtaining Solution
- •26.4.5. Postprocessing
- •26.5. Summary
- •Chapter 27: In-Flight Icing Tutorial Using Fluent Icing
- •27.1. Fluent Airflow on the NACA0012 Airfoil
- •27.2. Flow Solution on the Rough NACA0012 Airfoil
- •27.3. Droplet Impingement on the NACA0012
- •27.3.1. Monodispersed Calculation
- •27.3.2. Langmuir-D Distribution
- •27.3.3. Post-Processing Using Quick-View
- •27.4. Fluent Icing Ice Accretion on the NACA0012
- •27.5. Postprocessing an Ice Accretion Solution Using CFD-Post Macros
- •27.6. Multi-Shot Ice Accretion with Automatic Mesh Displacement
- •27.7. Multi-Shot Ice Accretion with Automatic Mesh Displacement – Postprocessing Using CFD-Post
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7.3. Problem Description
The catalytic converter modeled here is shown in Figure 7.1: Catalytic Converter Geometry for Flow Modeling (p. 244). The nitrogen flows through the inlet with a uniform velocity of 22.6 m/s, passes through a ceramic monolith substrate with square-shaped channels, and then exits through the outlet.
Figure 7.1: Catalytic Converter Geometry for Flow Modeling
While the flow in the inlet and outlet sections is turbulent, the flow through the substrate is laminar and is characterized by inertial and viscous loss coefficients along the inlet axis. The substrate is impermeable in other directions. This characteristic is modeled using loss coefficients that are three orders of magnitude higher than in the main flow direction.
7.4. Setup and Solution
The following sections describe the setup and solution steps for this tutorial:
7.4.1.Preparation
7.4.2.Mesh
7.4.3.General Settings
7.4.4.Models
7.4.5.Materials
7.4.6.Cell Zone Conditions
7.4.7.Boundary Conditions
7.4.8.Solution
7.4.9.Postprocessing
7.4.1. Preparation
To prepare for running this tutorial:
1.Download the porous.zip file here.
2.Unzip porous.zip to your working directory.
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3.The mesh file catalytic_converter.msh can be found in the folder.
4.Use Fluent Launcher to start the 3D version of ANSYS Fluent.
5.Ensure that the Display Mesh After Reading option is enabled.
6.Enable Double Precision.
7.Ensure Parallel is selected under Processing Options.
8.Set Processes to 4.
7.4.2. Mesh
1.Read the mesh file (catalytic_converter.msh).
File → Read → Mesh...
2.Check the mesh.
Domain → Mesh → Check → Perform Mesh Check
ANSYS Fluent will perform various checks on the mesh and report the progress in the console. Make sure that the reported minimum volume is a positive number.
3.Scale the mesh.
Domain → Mesh → Scale...
a.Select mm from the Mesh Was Created In drop-down list.
b.Click Scale.
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c.Select mm from the View Length Unit In drop-down list.
All dimensions will now be shown in millimeters.
d.Close the Scale Mesh dialog box.
4.Right click in the graphics window and select Refresh Display
Click the Fit to Window icon, 
to center the graphic in the window.
5.Check the mesh.
Domain → Mesh → Check → Perform Mesh Check
Note
It is a good idea to check the mesh after you manipulate it (that is, scale, convert to polyhedra, merge, separate, fuse, add zones, or smooth and swap.) This will ensure that the quality of the mesh has not been compromised.
6.Examine the mesh.
Rotate the view and zoom in to get the display shown in Figure 7.2: Mesh for the Catalytic Converter Geometry (p. 247). The hex mesh on the geometry contains a total of 34,580 cells.
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Figure 7.2: Mesh for the Catalytic Converter Geometry
7.4.3. General Settings
Physics → Solver
1. Retain the default solver settings.
7.4.4. Models
1.Select the standard 
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turbulence model.
Physics → Models → Viscous...
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