How to create time-averaged contour plots of turbulent parameters in FLUENT (ANSYS)?

Hi all, How can I create counter plots of unsteady variables such as turbulent kinetic energy or turbulent dissipation rate in the unsteady simulations in FLUENT (ANSYS)? Thanks

01 February 2018 7,831 4 View

What are the RSME parameters under the unsteady tab in FLUENT?

Hi all, What are the RSME parameters under the unsteady state tab in fluent? are they root square mean of fluctuation parts? For example: if Uz= Um,z + Uz' So RSME= ((1/n)* sumUz'^2)^0.5 What is...

07 August 2017 3,736 6 View

How to set "Reference Values" in FLUENT when dealing with a flat bubble column?

I want to model a flat bubble column with uniform aeration (Euler-Euler model). Thank you.

10 November 2016 4,828 6 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