How to approach CFD simulation results of a flow past a cylinder?

Hi all, I'm doing a transient simulation of flow past a rectangular cylinder close to the free surface. As far as I'm concerned, the common practice is to discard the initial stages of the...

25 February 2021 1,348 3 View

How to calculate time-averaged fields from Ansys CFX solver?

I would appreciate any comments on the following problem. I need to calculate mean fields (e.g. pressure, velocity and vorticity), for which I activate Trn Stats tab in CFX-Pre. However, what I...

21 February 2021 8,548 7 View

The most suitable turbulent models to predict flow past a floating body?

Hi all, I'm planning to simulate flow past a floating body using CFD method with the main purpose of investigating its stability against hydrodynamic forces. A sketch of the problem is presented...

28 January 2021 5,872 5 View

Stable region for VL model?

29 December 2020 4,125 3 View

How can I fix the capacity curve of two different structure?

I have two frames for nonlinear analysis, one of them is CBFs and one of them is BRBFs ( the generals are the same, only lateral elements are different). When I drew the capacity curve of my...

11 November 2020 10,034 3 View

How to measure the equivalent sand-grain roughness of a sandpaper?

I want to use standard sandpapers of different grit sizes to impart flow resistance to a surface. I am wondering how to convert the roughness of sandpaper to an equivalent sand-grain roughness. Is...

18 October 2020 9,384 3 View

How to calculate transvers current correlation function (MD)?

12 October 2020 4,424 1 View

How can I obtain thermal efficiency in thermal photovoltaic (PVT) systems by CFD (FLUENT) method ?

Hi everyone I have a question about the thermal efficiency of photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system by CFD (FLUENT) method. Why thermal efficiency in the morning with 400 W/m2 radiation is more than...

13 September 2020 2,543 4 View

How to deal with ANSYS Q3D surface mesh generation error?

I am trying to extract the stray inductance of a PCB bus bar using ANSYS Q3D. I tried different types of meshes but every time in the middle of the simulation, this error "Surface Mesh Generation...

10 September 2020 2,060 3 View

How can I improve Reinforcement Learning Agent training?

Hello everyone, I am trying to develop an RL agent for a simple double integrator system. Unfortunately, my agent couldn't find the maximum reward. The attached figure is the average episode...

20 July 2020 6,159 4 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

How to size battery banks?

I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...

28 February 2021 1,638 3 View

How to design a boost converter for a mppt controller?

I have a doubt on how to select the inductor and capacitor value when I want to implement MPPT controller. This is because we always take a maximum output voltage and current but in this case, we...

28 February 2021 3,637 2 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View