Is it possible to simulate Blast furnace performance?

Hi, I want to simulation a kind of furnace know as blast furnace(Please see attached pics). A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals,...

09 October 2019 6,970 2 View

Two phase simulation in a Water reservoir?

Hi, I want to simulate free boundary of water in a Water reservoir. There is a rotational blade inside reservoir and there is ambient air around it. I did following process for setting up it...

07 August 2019 1,228 5 View

Is it possible to generate mesh in different cell zones in Ansys meshing?

Hi, I have some cell zones in my model. Is it possible to generate mesh in different cell zones(for example, static cell zones and rotation cell zones) in Ansys meshing with different "max...

09 October 2018 4,555 5 View

How can I simulate heat transfer inside a furnace in Fluent or CFX?

Hi, I am simulating a furnace as follows(please see attachment). Is it possible to capture temperature distribution in this furnace without designing intake fan? Which kind of boundary...

08 September 2018 1,356 3 View

What is viscosity function with respect to pressure for Fluids?

Hi, Is there viscosity function with respect to pressure for Fluids? Fluids, for example like lubricant. I want to know function of viscosity variation with respect to temperature and pressure,...

07 August 2018 8,126 0 View

How to find correct boundary condition of outlet for incompressible flow?

Hi, I am simulating flow around a model. This model have an inlet and an outlet. Flow is incompressible. I know that value of pressure at the outlet is very much different from ambient...

06 July 2018 722 7 View

What is difference between static pressure and gauge pressure?

Hi, As you know, boundary condition of pressure in FLUENT set in form of gauge pressure. The gauge pressure computes as follows: Gauge pressure=absolute pressure- operating pressure or...

06 July 2018 740 7 View

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06 July 2018 5,990 7 View

What is reason of negative moment in simulation?

Hi, I am simulating a rotating body in FLUENT. But after convergence, I see that value of moment is negative. Is it logical?

06 July 2018 9,928 0 View

What is the exact meaning of "static and dynamic torque"?

Hi, I have the following parameters in my project (please see attachments). I submitted a paper. Now, one of the Reviewer's comments is as follows: Validation is not enough and convincing....

09 October 2017 3,102 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

How to code open-ended questions in SPSS?

Hello all, In SPSS I am going to code 2 open-ended questions. I have already read all the answers and I made a list of the most important categories to which I can code the answers. This question...

02 March 2021 1,757 4 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 repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Why the results when using wall thickness and when using shell conduction are different in ansys fluent?

Actually, I am running cfd simulation for a heat exchanger which has two fluids one hot and other one is cold fluid. there is a solid domain between them, which I removed and instead I have used...

01 March 2021 9,537 2 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

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View