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 much pressure we can reduce at the outlet to avoid Reverse Flow?

I am simulating Heat Exchanger. I have tried and tested all the methods to resolve this issue from the internet like refining mesh, improving skewness and orthogonal quality ,extending outlet to...

01 March 2021 6,985 3 View

Does anyone know to clarify these changes?

01 March 2021 1,290 2 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

What is the difference between PBE and PBEsol functional?

Hello, I am a 3rd year chemistry student and I'm writing my project report on computational chemistry. does anyone know how PBEsol improves upon the PBE functional? Thanks in advance

19 February 2021 7,068 4 View

Can someone help me with this error that I am getting while estimating a VAR model in R?

I am using annual time series data to estimate a VAR model in R. However, when I run the command to find the optimal lag length, I get the following error: Fehler in VARselect(data, lag.max = 10,...

18 February 2021 9,647 3 View

In your experience what is the difference between G.652D and G.655D optical fiber. In field and in lab?

In our current era there is a big confusion about the usage of G.652 and G.655 optical fiber cable. Theoretically G.655 is much better than G.652 but the operator feel that G.652 is giving almost...

11 February 2021 4,006 8 View

How many dilutions are good enough for TCOD50 of SARS-CoV-2?

I started with 10e-1 till 10e-10. But when I searched for online calculator they mostly consider 5 dilutions. Is there a reason behind it or I should make less dilutions?

11 February 2021 5,839 3 View

Protocol for bacterial samples preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy ?

I want to prepare bacterial samples to observe the bacterial cell lysis by bacteriophage protein (endolysin) through scanning electron microscopy. Please, anyone can share the protocol of...

01 February 2021 1,173 3 View

High aspect ratio hexahedral mesh optimization solver?

I am interested in evaluating mesh optimization solvers that converge to high aspect ratio unstructured hexahedral grids. In other words, I am interested in a solver that optimizes warpage,...

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

How to interpolate from a time-series database ?

Hi, I am having trouble with a problem, in the field of Optimal Control and the generation of optimal time-series. Let's consider a system, whose dynamics are represented by dx/dt =...

24 February 2021 9,105 2 View

Is Genetic Algorithm usage for Motor Conception FEA optimization a good choice?

Hi RG community, Like the title shows ,i was wondering if choosing the GA for this kind of Optimizaiton is a good choice? For example we have a population of 100 (for 7-8 Optimization Variables),...

14 February 2021 1,160 7 View

How to report path analysis / SEM with Yuan-Bentler correction from R output?

Dear all, I am currently writing my master thesis where I am analysizing my data using path analysis and SEM in R (lavaan package). Now that I like to write up my results, I am struggling with...

04 February 2021 8,993 2 View

Do anyone have a full MATLAB code for structural topology optimization using Genetic Algorithm? Such as a cantilever beam?

Do anyone have a full MATLAB code for structural topology optimization using Genetic Algorithm? Such as a cantilever beam? Could you provide some MATLAB code to me , a beginner for GA. Thank...

03 February 2021 3,789 5 View

Could someone recommend papers about PSO technique?

Hi, everyone Could someone recommend papers about Particle swarm optimization (PSO technique), using MATLAB, please? Thanks in advance

03 February 2021 3,811 6 View

Permanent Fluid temperature initialization in Ansys Fluent?

Dear researchers, I am coupling Design Optimization with ANSYS Fluent in Workbench 2020 R2. I can do the analysis. I am patching the initial Temperature values of the zones. However, the patch...

28 January 2021 4,265 2 View

How to ensure diversity and fight stagnation in a complex two-objective optimization problem?

I am working on solving an optimization problem with two objectives by using neuroevolution. I use NEAT to evolve solutions which need to satisfy objective A and objective B. I tried different...

27 January 2021 4,875 3 View

What are the governing equations for "Impact Classifier Mill" in Powder Coating Industry?

In Powder Coating Industry, Is there any equation that relates physical properties of chips (granules of thermosetting polymer, i.e, extrudate that has been cooled and crushed) such as dimensions...

26 January 2021 1,077 3 View

What is the best weight initialization technique for neural networks ?

Hello everybody, I am looking to study the optimal technique to initialize weights in a large neural network with multiple hidden layers. A comparative study will be more than appreciated. Many...

16 January 2021 9,272 2 View