How do I calculate the normal and tangential forces on a two-dimensional surface texture model after simulation with Ansys fluent?

I want to report on the loading carrying capacity and friction force. Attached is the model of my geometry.

31 December 2017 6,025 2 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

How to show arrows over the streamlines in CFD-post?

I follow this to make streamlines like the photos attached below: (software- CFD post-processing) First I plot the 2D streamline over a surface "streamline 1". them I plot a vector by the...

01 March 2021 8,668 3 View

What is recommended for solid domain in ANSYS FLUENT?

Should I mesh the solid domain ? or should I use wall thickness? or Shell conduction? for Heat Transfer between two fluids of a Heat Exchanger. what is recommended?

01 March 2021 9,785 3 View

Can Virtual Servers (remote dekstop manager) run heavy ANSYS Fluent CFD simulation ?

I have a virtual machine. My host Pc specs are not that good thats why i went for virtual servers. so basically my host pc has 8gb of ram with nvidia quadro k2200 4Gb DDR5 GPU ,processor intel...

01 March 2021 8,415 1 View

How to increase mesh quality of a cfd model in ansys fluent?

How can one improve mesh skewness, orthogonality, aspect ratio?

28 February 2021 7,730 3 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

How to extract the y+ value from fluent ?

I am doing a 3D steady simulation of a wind rotor using Ansys Fluent. In order to have a y+ of 1, I created 10 inflation layers using total layer thickness method, and I started a first...

23 February 2021 2,819 3 View

Help with assigning pressure boundary conditions in FLUENT on a large structure?

Hello, I created a very tall tower (>1000m) and applied pressure boundary conditions at the inlet (bottom) and outlet (top) that correspond to the pressure are their relative altitudes....

22 February 2021 9,972 4 View

How do I add a udf to Ansys fluent and does it need to be compiled before hand ?

I have a Define_CG_Motion udf written in c where do I add it to my Ansys fluent project and does it need to be compiled before that?

21 February 2021 9,347 3 View

How do I plot Pressure against crank angle degree in Fluent?

18 February 2021 8,390 3 View