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case data data


case case data FLUENT
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case .cas FLUENT


data
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Figure 1: Case/Data

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FLUENT/UNS 3 4 RAMPANT 2, 3, 4 case case
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FLUENT/UNS 4 RAMPANT4 Data


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transcript

case data
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File/Write/Start Journal...
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Transcript
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transcript GUI Scheme
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Transcript

transcript
transcript transcript

transcripting File/Write/Start Transcript...


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z
z

Grid Data ()Case

case
case

ID
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Fluent Inc

Index: 0
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C macro: XF_COMMENT
Codes: FLUENT, TGrid
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(0 "comment text")

(0 "Variables:")
(37 (
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(default-method 0)
))
Header
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C macro: XF_HEADER
Codes: FLUENT, TGrid
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(1 "TGrid 2.1.1")

Index: 2
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C macro: XF_DIMENSION
Codes: FLUENT, TGrid
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index ID
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Index: 12
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ID last-index
element-type

(12 (0 1 3e3 0))


3e3 (hexadecimal) = 995
regular cell element-type

element-type description
nodes/cell
faces/cell
0 mixed
1
triangular 3
3
2
tetrahedral
4
4
3
quadrilateral 4
4
4
hexahedral
8
6
5
pyramid 5
5

wedge 6
5

first-index last-index
type (type=1)(type=0x11,
17)parent(type = 0x20, or 32 decimal)element-type

FLUENT (element-type=0)

(12 (9 1 3d 0 0)(
111331131
.
.
.
))
9 3d () = 61

TGrid
Faces
Index: 13
Scheme symbol: xf-face
C macro: XF_FACE
Codes: FLUENT, TGrid
Status: required
index 13
(13 (zone-id first-index last-index type element-type))
ID element-type

n0 n1 n2 cr cl
n*c*
element index cr
cl ,Handedness
cr cl

indexcr cl
n2
(element-type = 0)
type v0 v1 v2 c0 c1
type
element-type face type nodes/face
0 mixed
2
linear
2
3
triangular 3
4
quadrilateral 4


bc name bc id
interior 2
wall 3
pressure-inlet, inlet-vent, intake-fan
4
pressure-outlet, exhaust-fan, outlet-vent 5
symmetry7
periodic-shadow 8
pressure-far-field 9
velocity-inlet 10
periodic 12
fan, porous-jump, radiator 14
mass-flow-inlet
20
interface 24
parent (hanging node) 31
outflow 36
axis 37

10001003
Face Tree
Index: 59
Scheme symbol: xf-face-tree
C macro: XF_FACE_TREE
Codes: FLUENT
Status: only for grids with hanging-node adaption

(59 (face-id0 face-id1 parent-zone-id child-zone-id)


(
number-of-kids kid-id-0 kid-id-1 ... kid-id-n
.
.
.
))
face-id0 indexface-id1 index
parent-zone-id IDchild-zone-id IDnumber-of-kids
kid-id-n ID
TGrid
Cell Tree

Index: 58
Scheme symbol: xf-cell-tree
C macro: XF_CELL_TREE
Codes: FLUENT
Status: only for grids with hanging-node adaption

(58 (cell-id0 cell-id1 parent-zone-id child-zone-id)


(
number-of-kids kid-id-0 kid-id-1 ... kid-id-n
.))
cell-id0 indexcell-id1 index
parent-zone-id IDchild-zone-id IDnumber-of-kids
kid-id-n ID
TGrid
Interface Face Parents
Index: 61
Scheme symbol: xf-face-parents
C macro: XF_FACE_PARENTS
Codes: FLUENT
Status: only for grids with nonconformal interfaces

(61 (face-id0 face-id1)


(
parent-id-0 parent-id-1
))
face-id0 indexface-id1 index
parent-id-0 indexparent-id-1 index
TGridTGrid

Figure 1

(0 "Grid:")
(0 "Dimensions:")
(2 2)
(12 (0 1 3 0))
(13 (0 1 a 0))
(10 (0 1 8 0 2))
(12 (7 1 3 1 3))
(13 (2 1 2 2 2)(
1212
3 4 2 3))
(13 (3 3 5 3 2)(
5110
1320
3 6 3 0))
(13 (4 6 8 3 2)(
7430
4220
2 8 1 0))
(13 (5 9 9 a 2)(
8 5 1 0))
(13 (6 a a 24 2)(
6 7 3 0))
(10 (1 1 8 1 2)
(

1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00))
Figure 2 bf9
bf10

Figure 2:

(0 "Dimensions:")
(2 2)
(0 "Grid:")
(12 (0 1 3 0))
(13 (0 1 a 0))
(10 (0 1 8 0 2))
(12 (7 1 3 1 3))
(13 (2 1 2 2 2)(
1212
3 4 2 3))
(13 (3 3 5 3 2)(
5110
1320
3 6 3 0))
(13 (4 6 8 3 2)(
7430
4220

2 8 1 0))
(13 (5 9 9 c 2)(
8 5 1 0))
(13 (1 a a 8 2)(
6 7 3 0))
(18 (1 1 5 1)(
9 a))
(10 (1 1 8 1 2)(
1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00

1.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00))
Figure 3

Figure 3:

(0 "Grid:")
(0 "Dimensions:")
(2 2)
(12 (0 1 7 0))
(13 (0 1 16 0))
(10 (0 1 d 0 2))
(12 (7 1 6 1 3))
(12 (1 7 7 20 3))

(58 (7 7 1 7)(
4 6 5 4 3))
(13 (2 1 7 2 2)(
1263
1334
1445
1556
6712
5826
9 5 2 5))
(13 (3 8 b 3 2)(
a610
6920
4b40
9 4 5 0))
(13 (4 c f 3 2)(
2860
c230
8720
7 d 1 0))
(13 (5 10 10 a 2)(
d a 1 0))
(13 (6 11 12 24 2)(
3c30
b 3 4 0))
(13 (b 13 13 1f 2)(
c 8 7 0))
(13 (a 14 14 1f 2)(
b c 7 0))
(13 (9 15 15 1f 2)(
9 b 7 0))
(13 (8 16 16 1f 2)(
9 8 2 7))
(59 (13 13 b 4)(

2 d c))
(59 (14 14 a 6)(
2 12 11))
(59 (15 15 9 3)(
2 b a))
(59 (16 16 8 2)(
2 7 6))
(10 (1 1 d 1 2)
(
2.50000000e+00
2.50000000e+00
3.00000000e+00
2.50000000e+00
2.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00
2.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00
3.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00

5.00000000e-01
1.00000000e+00
5.00000000e-01
0.00000000e+00
5.00000000e-01
0.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
0.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00
1.00000000e+00))

Case

Index: 39
Scheme symbol: xf-rp-tv
C macro: XF_RP_TV
Codes: FLUENT
Status: optional

(39 (zone-id zone-type zone-name)(


(condition1 . value1)
(condition2 . value2)

(condition3 . value3)
.))

(39 (zone-id zone-type zone-name)())

zone-id
axisexhaust fanfanfluidinlet ventintake faninterfaceinterior
mass-flow-inletoutlet ventoutflowperiodicporous-jumppressure-far-fieldpressure-inlet
pressure-outletradiatorshadowsolidsymmetryvelocity-inletwall
interior, fan, porous-jump, radiator Interior
FLUENT wall

cell (element)
fluid
solid

Scheme
(Scheme symbol)
z
z
! %&* / : < = > ? _ ^
. + inlet-port/cold!, eggs/easy, e=m*c^2

(39 (1 fluid fuel)())


(39 (8 pressure-inlet pressure-inlet-8)())
(39 (2 wall wing-skin)())
(39 (3 symmetry mid-plane)())

Index: 40
Scheme symbol: xf-partition
C macro: XF_PARTITION
Codes: FLUENT
Status: only for partitioned grids

(40 (zone-id first-index last-index partition-count)(

p1
p2
p3
.
pn
))
p1 ID first-index p2 ID first-index+1 pn
ID lastt-index ID 0 partition-count-1
partition-count

Index: 33
Scheme symbol: xf-grid-size
C macro: XF_GRID_SIZE
Codes: FLUENT
Status: optional

(33 (n-elements n-faces n-nodes))

Data Field
Index: 300
Scheme symbol: xf-rf-seg-data
C macro: XF_RF_SEG_DATA
Codes: FLUENT
Status: required
case

(300 (sub-section-id zone-id size n-time-levels


n-phases first-id last-id)
( data for cell or face with id = first-id
data-for-cell-or-face with id = first-id+1
..
data-for-cell-or-face with id = last-id

))
sub-section-id 1 2
Fluent Inc (xfile.h)Zone-id ID
case ID Size (1 2 3
)N-time-levels n-phases

(300 (2 16 2 0 0 17 100)
(8.08462024e-01 8.11823010e-02
8.78750622e-01 3.15509699e-02
1.06139672e+00 -3.74040119e-02
...
1.33301604e+00 -5.04243895e-02
6.21703446e-01 -2.46118382e-02
4.41687912e-01 -1.27046436e-01
1.03528820e-01 -1.01711005e-01
))

Index: 301
Scheme symbol: xf-residuals
C macro: XF_RF_SEG_RESIDUAL
Codes: FLUENT
Status: optional

(301 (n residual-subsection-id size)(


r1
r2
.
.
.
rn
))
n size (1 2 3
) Residual-subsection-id xfile.h C
Fluent Inc

Fluent

FLUENT FLUENT

FLUENT
FLUENT

FLUENT
FLUENT

FLUENT

z
z ()
z
z XY
z

Kelvin Rankine Celsius Kelvin


Kelvin Fahrenheit Rankine
Rankine

FLUENT

FLUENT
FLUENT British, SI, CGS, "default."
Set All To Define/Units...

Figure 1:
british si CGS (centimeter-gram-second)
cgs default

List FLUENT

FLUENT

1.
2.

0.0254 meters/inch
1
273.15

1.
2. New...

Figure 1:
3.
4. OK

3600 OK
feet/min
x

ft 0.3048m min
m

= y
min
ft
60s
s


FLUENT

FLUENT

FLUENT
ijk

FLUENT
FLUENT

Figure 1:

FLUENT 111
FLUENT O C
Note that while FLUENT
does not require a cyclic branch cut in an O-type grid it will accept a grid that contains one.

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Figure 3:

Figure 4: O

Figure 5:

Figure 6: C

Figure 7:

Figure 8: Unstructured Triangular Grid for an Airfoil

Figure 9:

Figure 10:/

Figure 11: for a Rotor-Stator Geometry

FLUENT

z
z
z

FLUENT 4 FLUENT
FLUENT
FLUENT

/
/

z
z

z FLUENT
z

z
/

x (Figure 1).

Figure 1: x
z GAMBIT TGrid
GeoMesh CAD
TGrid GeoMesh CAD

1.
2.
GAMBIT TGrid
GeoMesh CAD
FLUENT make-periodic
(
TGrid )

skewness

yp

u
1
vx

y p = u = v = X =
Blasius [139]

CPU CPU
/

FLUENT

90
60

5:1

FLUENT
GAMBIT TGrid GeoMesh preBFC ICEMCFD I-DEAS NASTRAN
PATRANARIESANSYS FLUENT/UNSRAMPANT
FLUENT 4 case

GAMBIT
GAMBIT //
GAMBIT
FLUENT 5
FLUENTFile/Read/Case...
GeoMesh
GeoMesh
GeoMesh
TGrid FLUENT
File/Read/Case...
TGrid

TGrid /
TGrid FLUENT File/Write/Mesh...
File/Read/Case...
preBFC
preBFC FLUENT /
/

preBFC
70
35 File/Import/preBFC Structured Mesh...
preBFC FLUENT tfilter fl42seg
inputflile outputfile File/Read/Case... FLUENT

preBFC
MESH-RAMPANT/TGRID RAMPANT FLUENT
RAMPANT
File/Read/Case... preBFC
TGrid TGRID
TGrid
ICEMCFD
ICEMCFD FLUENT 4 RAMPANT
ICEMCFD
CAD
FLUENT fe2ram CAD I-DEAS
NASTRAN PATRAN ANSYS
I-DEAS Universal
FLUENT I-deas
1. I-DEAS
TGrid B
TGrid TGrid
2. I-DEAS
File/Import/IDEAS Universal... FLUENT
3. I-DEAS
fe2ram Universal FLUENT
File/Read/Case...

FLUENT Universal
15 781 2411
780 2412
752 2417 2429
z
// Universal
FLUENT
I-DEAS Group FLUENT


FLUENT

GROUPE I-DEAS FLUENT


FLUENT

I-DEAS
FLUENT I-DEAS
NASTRAN
NASTRAN FLUENT
1. NASTRAN
TGrid B
TGrid TGrid

2. NASTRAN
File/Import/NASTRAN.. FLUENT
3. NASTRAN
fe2ram NASTRAN FLUENT

File/Read/Case...
NASTRAN

FLUENT NASTRAN
GRID

GRID*
CBAR

CTETRA CTRIA3
CHEXA CQUAD4 CPENTA
z
FLUENT NASTRAN
PATRAN Neutral
FLUENT
1. PATRAN
TGrid B
TGrid TGrid
2. PATRAN
File/Import/ PATRAN... FLUENT
3. PATRAN
fe2ram PATRAN FLUENT
File/Read/Case...

PATRAN

FLUENT PATRAN
Packet Type 01

Packet Type 02
Packet Type 21
z PATRAN Named
Component FLUENT
FLUENT
ANSYS Prep7
FLUENT
1. ANSYS ARIES
PATRAN TGrid B
TGrid TGrid
2. PATRAN
File/Import/ANSYS... FLUENT
3. ANSYS
fe2ram ANSYS Prep7 FLUENT
File/Read/Case...

PATRAN

FLUENT Prep7
N

EN

NSEL
ESEL
STIF63

fe2ram
CAD FLUENT
tfilter fe2ram [dimension] format [zoning] input-file output-file
-d2

-tANSYS ANSYS -tIDEAS I-DEAS -tNASTRAN NASTRAN


-tPATRAN PATRAN CAD
tfilter fe2ram -cl helpZoning CAD -zID
-zNONE zoning
input-file output-file

I-DEAS sample.unv sample.grd


tfilter fe2ram -d2 -tIDEAS sample.unv sample.grd
FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT Case
FLUENT/UNS 3 4 case RAMPANT 2, 3, 4 case
File/Read/Case... FLUENT

FLUENT 4 Case
FLUENT 4 Case FLUENT
File/Import/FLUENT 4 Case... FLUENT 4 case

FLUENT 4 FLUENT

tfilter fl42seg input-filename output-filename File/Read/Case...


FLUENT
FIDAP 7 Neutral
FIDAP 7 Neutral FLUENT
File/Import/FIDAP7... FLUENT 4 case
tfilter fe2ram [dimension] -tFIDAP7 input-file
output-file-d2
File/Read/Case... FLUENT

z
z
FLUENT

1.
2. fl42seg
FLUENT
3. TGrid tmerge TGrid
tmerge /

1. TGrid TGrid
2.
Tgrid
tmerge
1. tfilter tmerge3d () tfilter tmerge2d ().
2.
/

user@mymachine:>tfilter tmerge2d
Starting /Fluent.Inc/tfilter2.5/ultra/tmerge2d/tfilter.2.0.16
Append 2D grid files.
tmerge2D Fluent Inc, Version 2.0.16
Enter name of grid file (ENTER to continue):my1.msh
x,y scaling factor, eg. 1 1
:11

x,y translation, eg. 0 1


:00
rotation angle (deg), eg. 45
:0
Enter name of grid file (ENTER to continue):my2.msh
x,y scaling factor, eg. 1 1
:11
x,y translation, eg. 0 1
:00
rotation angle (deg), eg. 45
:0
Enter name of grid file (ENTER to continue):<ENTER>
Enter name of output file
:final.msh
Reading...
node zone: id 1, ib 1, ie 1677, typ 1
node zone: id 2, ib 1678, ie 2169, typ 2
done.
Writing...
492 nodes, id 1, ib 1678, ie 2169, type 2.
1677 nodes, id 2, ib 1, ie 1677, type 1.
done.
Appending done.

tfilter tmerge2d -cl -p my1.msh my2.msh final.msh


3.
` Fuse Face Zones

FLUENT
FLUENT

FLUENT
( Figure 1)
( Figure 2)FLUENT

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Figure 3 A-BB-CD-E E-F


a-dd-bb-e e-c(d-b,
b-e, e-c)(a-d)
IV D-E d-b b-e I
III IV

Figure 3:

90


(
)
z

z
z
FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT

FLUENT

FLUENT FLUENT
1. FLUENT
2.
Define/Boundary Conditions...
3. (Figure 1) Define/Grid Interfaces...

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Figure 1:

()


FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT Case
FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT FLUENT
FLUENT
define/grid-interfaces/recreatetext
FLUENT
FLUENT/UNS RAMPANT data

FLUENT
X
Grid/Check

Grid Check
Domain Extents:
x-coordinate: min (m) = 0.000000e+00, max (m) = 6.400001e+01
y-coordinate: min (m) = -4.538534e+00, max (m) = 6.400000e+01
Volume statistics:
minimum volume (m3): 2.782193e-01
maximum volume (m3): 3.926232e+00
total volume (m3): 1.682930e+03
Face area statistics:
minimum face area (m2): 8.015718e-01
maximum face area (m2): 4.118252e+00
Checking number of nodes per cell.
Checking number of faces per cell.
Checking thread pointers.
Checking number of cells per face.
Checking face cells.
Checking face handedness.
Checking element type consistency.
Checking boundary types:
Checking face pairs.
Checking periodic boundaries.
Checking node count.
Checking nosolve cell count.
Checking nosolve face count.

Done.
XY Z

Iso-Value Adaption

FLUENT
x x
x

FLUENT
FLUENT

FLUENT

FLUENT

Grid/Info/Size

Grid Information
Level
Cells
Faces
Nodes Partitions
0
48
82
35
1
Grid/Info/Zones
FAS

Grid Information
Level
Cells
Faces
Nodes Partitions
0
48
82
35
1
1
18
52
0
1
2
7
37
0
1

3
4

3
1

27
20

0
0

1
1

FLUENT

Grid/Info/Memory Usage
UNIX Windows NT
UNIX
z
z heap
z
Windows NT
z RAM heap
z Windows NT heap
z

z
z FLUENT heap

z heap
Windows NT FLUENT
fl542s.exe
cx332.exe ()fl542.exe () fl_smpi542.exe ()

Grid/Info/Zones

Zone sizes:
21280 hexahedral cells, zone 4.
532 quadrilateral velocity-inlet faces, zone 1.
532 quadrilateral pressure-outlet faces, zone 2.
1040 quadrilateral symmetry faces, zone 3.
1040 quadrilateral symmetry faces, zone 7.
61708 quadrilateral interior faces, zone 5.
1120 quadrilateral wall faces, zone 6.
23493 nodes.
Partition

Grid/Info/Partitions menu item.

case
data case case

FLUENT

Grid /Scale...

1.

Figure 1:

0.0254 / 0.3048 /

/
2. Scale
FLUENT
3.

UnScale "Unscaling"( m
Scale )
5 8
2 10 16

x
x XY
Grid/Translate

1.
2.

Figure 1:


Grid/Merge...

Figure 1:

FLUENT

imposing

1.

2.
3.
case

FLUENT

case

89 90

ID

(Figure 1) Grid/Separate/Faces...

Figure 1:

1. (Angle, Face, Mark, Region)


2.
3.
z

z
4. Report
Zone not separated.
45 faces in contiguous region 0
30 faces in contiguous region 1
11 faces in contiguous region 2
14 faces in contiguous region 3
Separates zone 4 into 4 zone(s).
5. Separate FLUENT
45 faces in contiguous region 0
30 faces in contiguous region 1
11 faces in contiguous region 2
14 faces in contiguous region 3
Separates zone 4 into 4 zone(s).
Updating zone information ...
created zone wall-4:001
created zone wall-4:002
created zone wall-4:010
done.

Figure 1:

ID
Grid/Separate/Cells..

Figure 2:

1. (Mark Region)
2.
3.
4. Report
Zone not separated.
Separates zone 14 into two zones, with 1275 and 32 cells.
5. Separate FLUENT
Separates zone 14 into two zones, with 1275 and 32 cells.
No faces marked on thread, 2
No faces marked on thread, 3
No faces marked on thread, 1
No faces marked on thread, 5
No faces marked on thread, 7
No faces marked on thread, 8
No faces marked on thread, 9
No faces marked on thread, 61
Separates zone 62 into two zones, with 1763 and 58 faces.
All faces marked on thread, 4
No faces marked on thread, 66
Moved 20 faces from face zone 4 to zone 6
Updating zone information ...
Moved 32 cells from cell zone 14 to zone 10
created zone interior-4
created zone interior-6
created zone fluid-14:010
done.

case

Grid/modify-zones/make-periodic
ID
shadow
/grid/modify-zones> mp
Periodic zone [()] 1
Shadow zone [()] 4
Rotational periodic? (if no, translational) [yes] n
Create periodic zones? [yes] yes
computed translation deltas: -2.000000 -2.000000
all 10 faces matched for zones 1 and 4.
zone 4 deleted
Created periodic zones.

matching-tolerance 0.5
Grid/modify-zones/matching-tolerance
slit

Grid/modify-zones/slit-periodic ID

/grid/modify-zones> sp
periodic zone [()] periodic-1
Separated periodic zone.
Fusing

Grid/Fuse...

Figure 1:

ID tmerge TGrid
ID

1.
2. Fuse
(
) 0.5

O C
FLUENT
(
)


fuse-face-zonesGrid/modify-zones/fuse-face-zones
ID
matching-tolerance

z
z

shadow shadow

"slitting""separating"

Grid/modify-zones/slit-face-zone ID

/grid/modify-zones> slfz
face zone id/name [] wall-4
zone 4 deleted
face zone 4 created
face zone 10 created
case data
DomainZones

Grid/Reorder domain zones


Domain

Grid/Reorder/Domain

Grid/Reorder/Print Bandwidth

Cuthill-McKee seed cell


Gibbs, Poole, Stockmeyer[57]

ID


>> Reordering domain: zones, cells, faces, done.
Bandwidth reduction = 809/21 = 38.52
Done.

Maximum cell distance = 21

FLUENT
Figure 1 FLUENT
case

FLUENT

"Cartesian Strip"

Figure 1:

z
z

FLUENT

Bisection

( Figure 1)

X-, Y-, Z
( Figure 2.)
R

RX-, RY-, RZ
,
R-, Theta-, Z-,
( Figure 3)

FLUENT
( Figure 4)

X-, Y-, Z-( Figure 4)

R- Theta-( Figure 5)

Rho-, Theta-, Phi-

Figure 1:

Figure 2: X-

Figure 3:

Figure 4: X-

Figure 5: Theta-

pre-testing()

( Figure 1)

( Figure 2.)

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Pretesting

FLUENT

1.
2.

3.

4.

Grid/Partition...

Figure 1:
1.
2. Number
3.

4. Do

5.
Pre-Test
6. Zones / Registers /

7.

Verbosity 1 2
ID
Verbosity 0
Print Partitions
ID

Default FLUENT

Default Reset Reset


Default Reset Default

ID

0 3 (10) 1 2 (19)
10 19

>> Partitions:
P
Cells
I-Cells Cell Ratio Faces
I-Faces
Face Ratio Neighbors
0
134
10
0.075
217
10
0.046
1
1
137
19
0.139
222
19
0.086
2
2
134
19
0.142
218
19
0.087
2
3
137
10
0.073
223
10
0.045
1
-----Partition count
=4
Cell variation
= (134 - 137)
Mean cell variation
= ( -1.1% 1.1%)
Intercell variation
= (10 - 19)
Intercell ratio variation
=(
7.3% 14.2%)
Global intercell ratio
= 10.7%
Face variation
= (217 - 223)
Interface variation
= (10 - 19)
Interface ratio variation
=(
4.5% 8.7%)
Global interface ratio
=
3.4%
Neighbor variation
= (1 - 2)
Computing connected regions; type ^C to interrupt.
Connected region count
=4
5 Figures 1
Cell Info...(
)

FLUENT
File/Import/Partition/Metis...FLUENT


tfilter partition input-filename partition-count output-filenamepartition-count

METIS METIS Minnesota


Army HPC Karypis Kumar

METIS
[79]

FLUENT

repeating, and pole boundaries:


()
(

(Figure 1)

Define/Boundary Conditions...

Figure 1:

:
1.

2.
3.

(
),

(.)

Figure 1:

FLUENT

1.2. Set...1.

2..

1.2.

pressure-inlet-7

small-inlet large-inlet()

1.
2. Set...3. 4. OK

(UDF)

FLUENT

FLUENT

FLUENT
z
z
z

FLUENT

z Spalart-Allmaras
m_t/m
FLUENT
z k-e K Epsilon Turb. Kinetic
EnergyTurb. Dissipation Rate
z K Epsilon Turb. Kinetic
EnergyTurb. Dissipation Rate

I u_avg u^'
1% 10%

0.05%.

u
0.16 Re DH
u avg

1 8

50000 4%
l l
L

l = 0.07 L
L 0.07
L
L

l = 0.07 L
L l
z
L=D_H
z
L
z
d_99 l l=0.4 d_99

m_t/m (Re_t ?k^2/(e n))Re_t


(100 1000)
m_t/m 1 < m_t/m <10
Spalart-Allmaras
k-e RSM

I, L, m_t/m
FLUENT I
l

3
v~ =
u avg Il
2
Spalart-Allmaras l

k I

k=

3
(uavg I )2
2

u_avg
k e

l
3
4

= C

3
2

k
l

C 0.09l

k e

E m_t/m k

k 2 t

= C

C 0.09
k e

kU
L

k k ( k 10%), U

L Equation 9
k U ?k/?x = - e.
e 7 m_t/m

FLUENT e
K Epsilon
3 I k
RSM
k

ui u j = 0

u u =

2
k
3

( a ).
K FLUENT
LES
LES

z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z ()
z ( PDF )
z ()
z ()
z ()
(Figure 1)

Figure 1:

(p_s^')(p_s^' or p_0^') r_0 g x FLUENT

ps = 0 gx + ps

ps
p
= 0 g + s
x
x
(r - r_0)g
(p^'_s)

Gauge Total Pressure field Total Temperature


field

p0 = p s + v

1 2
p0 = ps 1 +
M
2

( 1)

p_0
=
p_s =
M =
c
= (c_p/c_v)
1 v

1 3
1
3

x, y, z ()

Figure 1
1.
2.

3. 3
(X, Y, Z)

z
z
z
z

Figure 1:

4.
z X, Y, (in 3D)
Z
z

z
X, Y, Z

(termed the Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure)

FLUENT Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure


Supersonic/Initial Gauge
Pressure


P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland )

PDF/
PDF

VOFcavitation
VOF cavitation

Gauge Total Pressure 0


Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure 0
Total Temperature 300
X-Component of Flow Direction 1
Y-Component of Flow Direction 0
Z-Component of Flow Direction 0
Turb. Kinetic Energy
1
Turb. Dissipation Rate 1

FLUENT

FLUENT p_0
p0 = ps +

1 2
v
2

p0 + p0 p 1 2
M
= 1+
ps + p0 p
2

( 1)

M=

v
v
=
c
RTs

p_op
p_0^' p_s^'

= ps + p0 p

) RT

T0
1 2
=1+
M
Ts
2


FLUENT

z
z
z
z Outflow gauge pressure (for calculations with the coupled solvers)
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z PDE
z
z
z ()

Figure 1:

FLUENT

1.

2.

3.

4.

z X, Y,
() Z
z ,

z
X, Y, Z- X, Y, Z-
Figure 1

z X, Y,
() Z
z

z
X, Y, Z- X, Y, Z-

W
W
W, v_q W r r
FLUENT v_q W r

( RAMPANT

P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland )

PDF/
PDF

VOFcavitation
VOF cavitation


Temperature 300
Velocity Magnitude 0
X-Component of Flow Direction 1
Y-Component of Flow Direction 0
Z-Component of Flow Direction 0
X-Velocity
0
Y-Velocity
0
Z-Velocity
0
Turb. Kinetic Energy
1
Turb. Dissipation Rate 1
Outflow Gauge Pressure 0

FLUENT

FLUENT

m& = v dA

FLUENT

Outflow Gauge Pressure field

z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z PDE
z
z

Figure 1:

FLUENT

1.
2.

(2p-radian) 1-radian

Mass Flux
(2p-radian) 1-radian


(termed the Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure)
FLUENT Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure
Supersonic/Initial Gauge
Pressure

Figure 1
1.
2.

3. 3
(X, Y, Z)

z X, Y, () Z

z ,

P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland )

PDF/

PDF

Mass Flow-Rate 1
Total Temperature 300
Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure
X-Component of Flow Direction
Y-Component of Flow Direction
Z-Component of Flow Direction
Turb. Kinetic Energy
1
Turb. Dissipation Rate 1

0
1
0
0

m(dot)
r v ()FLUENT

v =

m&
A

r v r v

p = RT

v
r v r k v

z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z PDE
z
z
z ()
z

Figure 1:

FLUENT
D p

p = k L

1 2
v
2

r k_L
D p

z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z PDE
z
z
z ()
z

Figure 1:

gauge

FLUENT

z
z
z
z
z
z PDE
z
z ()
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z

Figure 1:

Gauge

FLUENT
gauge

p v2

r
r
r v_q

z
z
z
z
z
z
z

PDF

VOF Cavitation ASM


Gauge

1
1
3

P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland )


Default settings (in SI) for pressure outlet boundary conditions are as follows:
Gauge Pressure
0
Backflow Total Temperature 300
Backflow Turb. Kinetic Energy 1
Backflow Turb. Dissipation Rate 1

FLUENT p_s

FLUENT

20

z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z
Figure 1

Figure 1:

Gauge

X, Y ()Z

P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland )

Default settings (in SI) for pressure far-field boundary conditions are as follows:
Gauge Pressure
0
Mach Number 0.6
Temperature 300
X-Component of Flow Direction 1
Y-Component of Flow Direction 0
Z-Component of Flow Direction 0
Turb. Kinetic Energy
1
Turb. Dissipation Rate 1

R = Vn

Ri = Vni

2c
1

2ci
1

V_n c c ?
i

V ni =
c=

1
4

1
(R i + R
2

(Ri R )

V_n c
V_n, c,

FLUENT

FLUENT

z
z
z

FLUENT
FLUENT
z
z

FLUENT

FLUENT
/

(D)
(C)

Figure 1:
z (B)

(B)
z (A)
FLUENT FLUENT

(FLUENT )

FLUENT

Figure 1: The Outflow Panel

percentage
flow
flow rate weighting specified on boundary
=
through
boundary
sum of flow rate weighting
1
FLUENT

75%
25% 0.75
0.25
0.75 1

Boundary 1 = 0.75/0.75+1.0
= 0.429 42.9%

Boundary 2

= 1.0/0.75+1.0 = 0.571 57.1%

P-1
DTRM DO
1 300

z
z
z
z
z
z PDE
z
z ()
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z
z
Figure 1

Figure 1:

D p v

p = k L

1 2
v
2

r k_L
D p

z
z
z
z
z
z PDE
z

z
z
z
z

()
( P-1 DTRM DO )

Figure 1

Figure 1: The Exhaust Fan Panel

FLUENT

( FLUENT
)

z
z
z
z
z
z
z ( P-1 DTRM DO )
z

FLUENT

z
z
z
z
z
/

Figure 1

Figure 1:

1 3
FLUENT
1

FLUENT

D x/k k D x
2 T_b

Figure 2:

FLUENT

z (
)

z
()

3 T_b1 T_b2
k_w1 k_w2 3

Figure 3:

Figure 1:

(X,Y,Z )


(0,0,0)(X,Y,Z)
z
x (0,0)
(
)
/

FLUENT

x, y, z

Figure 1:

(1/k)( B)

u pu *

u * y p
B
ln E


1

u^* = C_m^1/4k^1/2 B
B ()

B K_s ^+ = r K_s u^*/m


K_s u^* = C_m^1/4k^1/2 B K_s^+
K_s^+
z (K_s^+ < 3 ~ 5)
z (3 ~ 5 < K_s^+ < 70 ~ 90)
z (K_s^+ > 70 ~ 90)

FLUENT B Nikuradse's
[27] Cebeci Bradshaw
(K_s^+ < 2.25)

B = 0
(2.25 < K_s^+ < 90)

B =

K + 2.25
ln s
+ C K s K s+ sin 0.4258 ln K s+ 0.811
87.25

)}

C_K_s
(K_s^+ > 90)

B =

ln 1 + C K s K s+

B (K_s^+) 1

K_s C_K_s
K_s
K_s(D_50)

K_s

(C_K_s)(C_K_s = 0.5)
k-e Nikuradse's

(C_K_s = 0.5 ~ 1.0)


C_K_s

K_s

FLUENT
Dirichlet

1.

Figure 1:
2.

Dirichle FLUENT

P-1 DTRM DO
(Rosseland
FLUENT 1 DO
)

FLUENT

FLUENT

w =

v
n


q = h f (Tw T f ) + qrad

h_f =
T_w =
T_f =
q^"=
q^"_rad=

1 9

q =

kn

(Tw Ts ) + qrad
n

k_s =
T_s =
D n =

FLUENT
1

Tw =

q qrad
+ Tf
hf

Tw =

)n
(q qrad
+T
kn

FLUENT
heat sink

= hext (Text Tw )
q = h f (Tw Ts ) + qrad

h_ext
=
T_ext
=
q^"_rad =

= est T4 Tw4
q = h f (Tw Ts ) + qrad

e_ext=
s=Stefan-Boltzmann
T_w =
T_?=sink
q^"_rad=
Equation 1

= hest (Text Tw ) + ext T4 Tw4


q = h f (Tw T f ) + qrad

Equation 1

Fourier FLUENT

q = k f

T
n

wall

n
FLUENT [93]

FLUENT

z
z

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Figure 3:

/
FLUENT
FLUENT4 FLUENT4

FLUENT4

Figure 1:

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Figure 3:
(
)

Grid/Check

FLUENT

FLUENT4

Figure 1:

FLUENT

k-e Spalart-Allmaras
DO

Figure 1:

k-e Spalart-Allmaras

z
z
x (0,0)

(
)

X, Y, Z

DO

DO

Figure 1:

z
z
x (0,0)

(
)


X, Y, Z

DO

z
FLUENT

(Darcy)
3

j =1

j =1

S i = Dij v j + Cij

1
vj vj
2

S_i i (x, y, or z)D C

Si =

1
vi + C2 v j v j
2

a C_2 D C 1/a C_2

FLUENT

S i = C0 v j

C1

= C0 v

(C1 1)

vi

C_0 C_1
C_0

Darcy
C_2
Darcy

p =

v j nx
j =1 xj
3

p x =

v j n y
j =1 yj
3

p y =

v j nz
j =1 zj
3

p z =

1/a_ij 1 D v_j D n_x D


n_y D n_z

1/a_ij .

1 C_2

3
p
1
= C 2ij v j v j
2
xi j =1

p x = C2 xj nx
j =1

p y = C 2 yj n x
j =1
3

p z = C 2 zj n x
j =1

1
v j v j
2

1
v j v j
2
1
v j v j
2

FLUENT

( f h f (1 ) s hs ) + ( f ui h f ) = keff T
xi
xi
xi
xi
t
u
ik i + S hf + (1 )S sh
xk

h
j

J j +

Dp
+
Dt

h_f=
h_s=
f=
k_eff=
S^h_f=
S^h_s=

k_eff

k eff = k f + (1 )k s

f=
k_f= k_t
k_s=

FLUENT

k-e Spalart-Allmaras m_t


FLUENT


m_t

1.
2.
3. 3 1/a_ij
3 C_2_ij
4.
5.

6.
7. /
/
5 C_0 C_1

Figure 1:

/
/

/ z

1.
z 1 2
(0,0)(0,0,0)(X,Y)(X,Y,Z)

1. "Snap"

2.
3.
FLUENT 1

1.
2. (0,0,0)
(X,Y,Z)FLUENT

3. () 0.

Figure 1:
z

1.

FLUENT

z
1. "Snap"

2.
3.
FLUENT

1/a
C_2
1 2 3
q

2.

2.

FLUENT 100%
1/a_ij / C_2_ij
FLUENT
C_2
25% 0.5
%25 K_L 0.5

p =

1
v

2
25 % open

C_2 FLUENT
1. 100%
2.
K_L' 100%

2
p = K L v 100
% open
2

v_25% open = 4 v_100% open,

K L = K L

2
v25
% open
2
v100
% open

4
= 0.5 = 8
1

8
1.0 mm

C2 =

K L
8
= 3 = 8000m 1
thickness 10

Ergun [49]

150 (1 )
1.75 (1 )
Vv
p =
+

D p2
D p 3
3
2

Blake-Kozeny
[49]

150 (1 )
p =

3
D p2
2

m D_p e
Darcy 1 9 1

3
150 (1 )2
D p2

C2 =

3.5 (1 )
Dp 3

Van Winkle [146][121]

2
m& = CA (2 ) 1 (A f AP )

m(dot)=
A_f=
A_p=)

C= D/t
D/t=
t/D > 1.6 Re > 4000 C 0.98
17

m& = Ap
D x = t

p 1 2 1 (Ap A f
= v 2
t
x 2
C

v 1
C_2

1 (Ap A f ) 1
C2 = 2
C
t
2

Blake-Kozeny( 11)
[70]
f Q
0.262
0.25
0.258
0.26
0.221
0.40
0.218
0.41
0.172
0.80
Q = a a Darcy 1
2

5
C_0 C_1 C_0 C_1

1.0

1.0 /

FLUENT

FLUENT

bulk
k-e Spalart-Allmaras

a C_2

gauge

FLUENT

1/a_ij C_2_i,j
1000

XY
z X,Y,Z

FLUENT

FLUENT

p = f n v n1
n =1

D p Paf_n v
v

U =

f v

n = 1

;1 N 6

Ur =

g v

n = 1

;1 N 6

U_q U_r m/sf_n g_n


r

Figure 1:

1.
2.
3.
4.

FLUENT
Define/Boundary
Conditions...

1.
2.

3.

4.

Figure 1:

1.
2.
3. D p

1.
2. D p

1.
2. D p

2
2.0m 0.4m 15 m/s

Figure 2:
2000rpm
Q (m^3/s)D p (Pa)
250.0
20175
15350
10525
5700
0875
Q D p

1.0 0.4
v (m/s)D p (Pa)
62.50.0
50.0175
37.5350
25.0525
12.5700
0875

p = 875 14v

1.
2.
3.

110

4.

1.
2. 1 f_n
3 g_n f_-1 f_0
(1/r)

1.
2.
3. U_q U_r

1.
2. U_q U_r

1.
2.

1. ()

2.

1.

XY

2.

FLUENT
FLUENT

FLUENT
D p
v

p = k L

1 2
v
2

r k_L

k L = rn v n1
n =1

r_n v

q = h(THX Texit )
q T_HX T_exit
h

h = hn v n ;0 N 7
n =0

h_n v m/s
qh, T_HXq

1
h
v

m& c p T

q=

= h(THX Texit )

q=(W/m^2)
m(dot)=(kg/s)
c_p=(J/kg-K)
h=(W/m^2K)
T_exit=(K)
T_HX=()(K)
A=(m^2)
5

q=

m& c p (Texit Tinlet )


A

= h(THX Texit )

h=

m& c p (Texit Tinlet )


A(THX Texit )

h=

c p (Texit Tinlet )

(THX Texit )

Figure 1:

1.
2.
3.
4.

/
FLUENT
Define/Boundary
Conditions...

k_L

1.

2.

Figure 1:

4.
5. k_L

Figure 2: r

7 kg/min 400.0 K
(1/2)r v^2 D p k_L
1 ( 2 1.0 kg/m^3)

VelocityInlet TempExit TempPressure Drop


(m/s)(K)(K)(Pa)
5.0300.0330.075.0
10.0300.0322.5250.0
15.0300.0320.0450.0


v (m/s)(1/2)r v^2 (Pa)D p (Pa)k_L
5.012.575.06.0
10.050.0250.05.0
15.0112.5450.04.0

k L = 7 .0 0 .2 v
v

q
h, T_HX
0
T_HX

1.

2.

1.
2. h

1.0 kg/m^31000 J/kg-K)


h
Velocityh
(m/s)(W/m^2K)
5.02142.9
10.02903.2
15.03750.0

h = 1469.1 + 126.11 + 1.73v 2


v

1. ()

2.

xy z

3
1

z
z XY

robust

Darcy

p = v + C 2 v 2 m
2

m a C_2 v
D m C_2

Figure 1:

1.
2. 1
3. D m
4. C_2

5.
/

Define/Boundary Conditions...


FLUENT
()

]
FLUENT

FLUENT

Figure 1: 4 2

FLUENT

p 1
= f mU A2min
s 2

p
=
s
f=
r_m=
U_A_min=

) (

f = Kc +1 2 1 2 Ke + fc

A
Ac

s=
K_c=
K_e=
A=
A_c=
f_c=

f c = a Re min b

a=
b=
Re_min=

Re min =

U A Dh
m
min

r_m=

m_m=
D_h=
U_A_min=

A
Dh = 4 L c
A
U_A_min

U Amin =

U s

qcell = (m& c p )air (Tin Tcell )


where
e=
(m(dot) c_p)_air=(
T__in=
T_cell=

qmarco =

cell
all cells in marco

q total =
all

marcol
mar cos

1 T

qmarco = (m& c p )coolant (Tout Tin )

T__in T__out T__out

Macro 0 1

1357
1 7


z e

z (m(dot) c_p)
z
z
z

1. Define/odels/nergy...
2. Define/ser-Defined/eat
Exchanger...

Figure 1:

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1.

2.

3.

1
0 n-1n

Figure 1: 3 4

Figure 2:

7
(m(dot) c_p

FLUENT

5 q_total.
FLUENT 1
7 T__in

z
1.
2.

1 7 T__in

z FLUENT
z
z
case
FLUENT

1.

Figure 1:
2.
3. 3
Min Flow to Face Area Ratio
(s)
Entrance Loss Coefficient (K_c)
Exit Loss Coefficient
(K_e)
Air Side Surface Area
(A)
Min Cross Section Flow Area
(A_c)
5
the Core Friction Coefficient Core Friction Exponent a b
4. 1 n

z
z
1.
2.
5. /

("modelname"
(0.73 0.43 0.053 5.2 0.33 9.1 0.66)
((1 1.0 .6234) (2 2.0 0.5014) (3 3.5 0.3932)
(4 5.0 0.3244) (5 6.5 0.2762) (6 8.0 0.2405)
(7 10.0 0.2050) (8 12.0 0.1785) (9 15.0 0.1495)))
modelname
(s K_c K_e A A_c a b)
(point velocity effectiveness)

1.
2. HXC OKFLUENT

define/models/heat-exchanger/heat-exchanger-report
1

FLUENT

n 1 i n
FLUENT

n (x_i,y_i,v_i) 1 i n

m n 1 i n 1 j m

(r_i,v_i)

1 i n

z (0,0) z
z (0,0) x
z

"fields" fields

tab
||
((profile1-name point|line|radial n)
(field1-name a1 a2 ... an)
(field2-name b1 b2 ... bn)
.
.
.
(fieldf-name f1 f2 ... fn))
((profile2-name mesh m n)
(field1-name a11 a12 ... a1n
a21 a22 ... a2n
.
.
.
am1 am2 ... amn)
.
.
.
(fieldf-name f11 f12 ... f1n
f21 f22 ... f2n
.

.
.
fm1 fm2 ... fmn))
xy z
r Scheme

k e ke
((turb-prof point 8)
(x
4.00000E+00
4.00000E+00
(y
1.06443E-03
2.90494E-01
(u
5.47866E+00
1.01674E+01
(tke
4.93228E-01
6.89414E-03
(eps
1.27713E+02
9.78365E-03
)

4.00000E+00
4.00000E+00
3.19485E-03
3.31222E-01
6.59870E+00
1.01656E+01

4.00000E+00
4.00000E+00
5.33020E-03
3.84519E-01
7.05731E+00
1.01637E+01

4.00000E+00
4.00000E+00 )
7.47418E-03
4.57471E-01 )
7.40079E+00
1.01616E+01 )

6.19247E-01
6.89666E-03

5.32680E-01
6.90015E-03

4.93642E-01
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6.04399E+01
9.79056E-03

3.31187E+01 2.21535E+01
9.80001E-03 9.81265E-03 )

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4.

5.

6. FLUENT
X'Y'Z'
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1 (m(dot)/V) = (r_j A_j v_j/V)


(m(dot) v/V) = (m(dot) v_j/V) V
z

Figure 1: Defining a Source for a Tiny Inlet

(
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1.
2.
z
z
z
z

SI

kg/m^3-s
S_m

h2o2
kg/m^3-s
1 S_i^'

XY / Z N/m^3
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W/m^3

1 S_h

k e k
kg/m-s^3e kg/m-s^4
k k-e
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e k-e
3

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airco2o

(T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...

(T ) = n +

n+1 n
Tn+1 Tn

(T Tn )

1 n N N
:

for Tmin,1 < T < Tmax,1 : (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


for Tmin, 2 < T < Tmax,2 : (T ) = B1 + B2T + B3T 2 + ...
f

Kelvin
Rankine Celsius Kelvin Kelvin
Fahrenheit Rankine Rankine

1.

2.

3.

1 density

Figure 1:
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A_1

1, 2, 3,... 1 A_1,A_2, A_3,...

(T ) = 1000 0.02T

1. 1 Viscosity

Figure 1:
2.
3.

30

Figure 2: m (T)

1.

1 Viscosity

2.

Figure 1:
1

for 300 < T < 1000 :


c p (T ) = 429.929 + 1.874T 1.966 10 3 T 2 + 1.297 10 6 T 3 4.000 10 10 T 4
for 1000 < T < 5000 :
c p (T ) = 841.377 + 0.593T 2.415 10 4 T 2 + 4.523 10 8 T 3 3.153 10 12 T 4
3

3. Range = 1 8

4. 1, 2, 3,... 5 A_1,A_2, A_3,...


1
5.

Path/Fluent.Inc/fluent5.x/cortex/lib/propdb.scm Path
FLUENT x fluent5.0x 0

1. propdb.scm

2.

(air
fluid
(chemical-formula . #f)
(density (constant . 1.225)
(premixed-combustion 1.225 300))
(specific-heat (constant . 1006.43))
(thermal-conductivity (constant . 0.0242))
(viscosity (constant . 1.7894e-05)
(sutherland 1.7894e-05 273.11 110.56)
(power-law 1.7894e-05 273.11 0.666))
(molecular-weight (constant . 28.966))
)
(aluminum
(solid)
(chemical-formula . al)
(density (constant . 2719))
(specific-heat (constant . 871))
(thermal-conductivity (constant . 202.4))
(formation-entropy (constant . 164448.08))
)
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propdb.scm

propdb.scm
cortex/lib propdb.scm

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1
Define/Materials...

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z
z
1.
2.

3.
4.

Boussinesq

z
Boussinesq

1
1.225 kg/m^3
Boussinesq
Boussinesq 1
Boussinesq
Boussinesq

(T ) = n +

n+1 n
Tn+1 Tn

(T Tn )

for Tmin,1 < T < Tmax,1 : (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


for Tmin, 2 < T < Tmax, 2 : (T ) = B1 + B2T + B3T 2 + ...

(T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...

FLUENT

pop
RT

R p_op

1. 1

2. Define/Operating
Conditions...

101325 Pa
3.
1

pop + p
RT

p FLUENT p_op

1. 1

2. Define/Operating
Conditions...
1

101325 Pa
3.
1


1.
z 1
volume-weighted-mixing-law
z 1

z 1

2. /
3. volume-weighted-mixing-law

FLUENT

1
m
i i
i

m_i'r_i' i'

pop + p
m
RT i i
M i

p FLUENT R m_i^'
i^'M_i^' i^'p_op

FLUENT

pop
RT i

mi
M i

R m_i^' i^'M_i^' i^'p_op

FLUENT
z
z /
z
z

1 Define/Materials...
FLUENT m kg/m-s lbm/ft-s
FLUENT n

1
1.7894 ?10^-5
kg/m-s

FLUENT 5

(T ) = n +
z

n+1 n
Tn+1 Tn

(T Tn )

for Tmin,1 < T < Tmax,1 : (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


for Tmin, 2 < T < Tmax, 2 : (T ) = B1 + B2T + B3T 2 + ...
z

(T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


z Sutherland
z

(T_n , m_n) 1
Sutherland
sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland (1893) Sutherland

Sutherland

C1T 3 2
T + C2

kg/m-s KC_1 C_2


C_1 = 1.458 ?10^-6 kg/m-s-K^1/2C_2 = 110.4 K.
Sutherland

T
= 0
T0

32

T0 + S
T +S

m kg/m-sT Km_0 kg/m-s, T_0


KS K Sutherland
m_0 = 1.716?10^-5 kg/m-sT_0 = 273 KS = 111 K
Sutherland sutherland Sutherland

1.
2. C1 C2 m_0
T_0 S

Sutherland

= BT n
m kg/m-sT KB
B = 4.093?10^-7n = 2/3

T
= 0
T0

m kg/m-sT Km_0 kg/m-s


m_0 = 1.716?10^-5 kg/m-sT_0 = 273 Kn = 2/3

1.
2. B n m_0
T_0 n

= 2.67 10 6

MT

2

m kg/m-sT Kelvins W_m = W_m (T^*)

T* =

( k )

1
Lennard-Jones s e/k 1

1. mass-weighted-mixing-law
ideal-gas-mixing-law
2. /
3.

=
i

X i i
i X iij

1
1

2 M

i j 4
1 + M
j i
ij =
1
M 2
81 + i
M j

X_i^' i^'

= mi i
i

= S&

u u j
S& = i +
x j xi
m S(dot)
S(dot) h

=[(S&)]S&

FLUENT
z
z pseudo-plastics Carreau

[161]

TT0 & n1 &


n
&
= ke S = ke S S

T0
T

T0

= ke T S& n1
FLUENT
T0

min < = ke T S& n1 < max


knT_0h_min h_max K
n T_0 h_min h_max
h_max h_min
Figure 1 h_min h_max

Figure 1:
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n=1

n>1

n<1

k n T_0 h_min
h_max
Carreau

TT0 & n1 &


&
&
= S S = ke S S

[ ( )]

S& 0, 0 S& , 0
Carreau (n < 1)

T0 2
= + ( 0 )1 + e T S&

( n 1) 2

nlT_00 L n
T_0 0 0
0

Figure 1: Carreau
Carreau carreau Carreau
l n T_00

FLUENT
z
z /
z
z
z /

1
Define/Materials...
W/m-K BTU/hr-ft-R

0.0242 W/m-K

FLUENT
z

k (T ) = k n +
z

k n+1 k n
(T Tn )
Tn+1 Tn

for Tmin,1 < T < Tmax,1 : k (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


for Tmin, 2 < T < Tmax,2 : k (T ) = B1 + B2T + B3T 2 + ...
z

k (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


T_nk_n A_i B_i 1
A_i

k=

15 R 4 c p M 1

+
4 M 15 R
3

R M m c_p

1. mass-weighted-mixing-law
ideal-gas-mixing-law ideal-gas-mixing-law

ideal-gas-mixing-law mass-weighted-mixing-law

2. /
3.

k =
i

X i k i
i X iij

1
1

2 M

i j 4
1 + M
j i
ij =
1
M 2
81 + i
M j

X_i^' i^'.

k = mi ki
i

FLUENT

qi = k ij

T
x j

(e(hat)_x,e(hat)_h,e(hat)_z)
(k_x,k_h,k_z)

k ij = k ei ej + k ei ej + k ei e j

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e(hat)_x 0 XYZ e(hat)_h 1 XYZ
0(k_x)(k_h) 2 (k_z)

(k_x,k_h)(e(hat)_x)

k ij = keij
k e(hat)_ij 2 2
3 3

Figure 1:
e(hat)_ij
K

FLUENT
z
z /
z

1 Cp Define/Materials...
J/kg-K BTU/lbm-R

1 Cp

1006.43 J/kg-K.
z

c p (T ) = c p n +

c p n+1 c p n
Tn+1 Tn

(T Tn )

for Tmin,1 < T < Tmax,1 :c p (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


for Tmin, 2 < T < Tmax,2 :c p (T ) = B1 + B2T + B3T 2 + ...
z

c p (T ) = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + ...


(T_n, c_p_n) A_i B_i 1
A_i

c p ,i =

1 R
( f i + 2 )
2 M i

f_i^' i^' 1
Cp

1. Cp mixing-law
2. /
3.

c p = mic p ,i
i

FLUENT 1

z P-1 (P-1 1 a
s_s)
z Rosseland (P-1
3 a s_s
z DTRMDTRM 1 a
z DO DO 1 a s_s

DO
3 n_a n_b DO

DO non-gray

1/length
CO_2 H_2O

FLUENT
a a FLUENT
variable-absorption-coefficient weighted-sum-of-gray-gases
(WSGGM) 1
wsggm-cell-basedwsggm-domain-based wsggm-user-specified WSGGM

wsggm

WSGGM Weighted-Sum-of-Gray-Gase
1 s beam

z
z
z

wsggm-cell-based characteristic-cell-size

wsggm-domain-baseda mean-beam-length
FLUENT
wsggm-user-specified mean-beam-length
WSGGM
wsggm-user-specified

DO DO DO

band

FLUENT
P-1 DO

WSGGM

1/length

DO Delta-Eddington

FLUENT

P-1 3 C

Delta-Eddington delta-eddington
Delta-Eddington
1 f C

3 F^* f


1 DO

Radiation...
a s_s Radiation

Fick

J i = Di,m

mi
xi

Di , j i^'
Di ,m
FLUENT FLUENT Di ,m
Di , j i^' j^' Di , j
Di ,m

Di,m =

1 X i
j, ji X j Dij

Di , j i^' j^' X i i^'


Di ,m Di , j

Fick 1

J i = Di,m + i
Sct

mi

xi

Sct Schmidt

Sct =

Dt
t

Dt

Di ,m Schmidt 3
m_t

Fick i^'
Di ,m
1

DN ,m
Di ,m

Di ,m DN ,m

i^' j^' Di , j

Di ,m
Di , j Di , j Fick 3
i^'
Di ,m Di , j Define/Materials...
m^2/s ft^2/s

1. constant-dilute-appx

2.

Di ,m

1. dilute-approx
2.

Figure 1:
3.

Di ,m
z
z

Di,m = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + K


4.

2 3 Di

1.

2.

Di , j i'
j i' j

Figure 1:
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Di , j

Di, j = A1 + A2T + A3T 2 + K


4.

2 3 Di Dj

1.
2. /
3. Lennard-Jones s_i^'(e/k)_i^'

Di, j

3 1
1
+
T
M i M ji
= 0.0188
pop i2, j D

W_D = W_D (T^*_D)p_op

TD* =

T
( k )ij

( k )ij = ( k )i ( k ) j
ij =

1
( i + j )
2

Di ,m Di , j
Schmidt Sc_t

Schmidt
3 Schmidt
Schmidt
0.7

Schmidt Schmidt
Define/Models/Viscous...

j^'
h^0_j^'

T
0

H = m j h j + c p , j dT

Tref , j
j
T_ref,j^' h_j^'^0 J/kgmol
BTU/lbmol

Arrhenius
j^'

c p, j
T
0

S = m j s j +
dT
Tref , j T
j

T_ref,j^' s_j^'^0 J/kgmol-K

BTU/lbmol-R

1 c

k/r c_p c[86]

1D
1

z
z
z
z
1
e/k Lennard-Jones FLUENT

3 s_i (e/k)_i

1. Cp

2.

z L-J
z L-J
z

Angstroms

[65]

M << 1 D p (1/2) c p M^2


p c D p/p M^2 M0
D p/p0

FLUENT

pabs = pop + p gauge


FLUENT

r = (p_op/R T)

FLUENT

101325 Pa.

101325 Pa

Figure 1:
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(000)

XYZ
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(ui ) = S m
+
t xi
S_m

v
+ (u ) + (v ) = S m
t x
x
r

i [8]

(ui ) + (ui u j ) = p + ij + g i + Fi
t
x j
xi x j
p t_ij r g_i F_i i
F_i

u 2

ij = i + j l ij
x j xi 3 xl

(u ) + 1 (ruu ) + 1 (rvu ) = p + 1 r 2 u 2 ( vv )
r x
r r
t
x r x x 3

1 u v
r 2 + + Fx
r r r x

(v ) + 1 (ruv ) + 1 (rvv ) = p + 1 r v + u + 1 r 2 v 2 ( vv )
r x
r r
r r x x r r r x 3
t

w2
v 2
v
(
)
v

+
+ Fr
r
r2 3 r

v u v v
v =
+ +
x r r
w

FLUENT /

FLUENT

z
z

Figure 1:

FLUENT

(E ) + (ui (E + p )) = k eff T h j J j + u j ( ij )eff


t
xi
xi
xi
j

+ Sh

k_eff k + k_t, k_t


J_j^' j^'
S_h

E = h

ui2
2

h = m j h j
j

h = m j h j +
j

5 7 m_j^' j^'

h j = c p , j dT
Tref

T_ref 298.15 K.
PDF
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(H ) + (ui H ) = ki H + ik ui + S h
xi c p xi
xi
t
xi
Lewis 1
H

H = m j H j
j

m_j^' j^'

H j =

Tref , j

c p , j dT + h0j (Tref , j )

h 0j (Tref , j ) T_ref,j^' j^'

define/models/energy?

1 PDF 1
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Brinkman Br

Br =

U e2
kT

D T

Br 1
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1 PDF 1

xi

h
j

J j

PDF PDF
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1 S_h

h0j

Tref
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c p , j dT R j
+
Tref , j
M
j

j
h^o_j^' j^'R_j^' j^'
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1 PDF
1 S_h

S_h

FLUENT

(h ) + (ui h ) =
t
xi
xi

T
k
xi

+ q&

r =
h
= integral_T_ref^T c_p dT
k
=
T =
q(dot)^"' =
1
u_i 1

FLUENT

xi

T
k ij

xi

k_ij

FLUENT
define/models/energy?

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Figure 1:
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FLUENT

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Define/Models/Viscous...
3. Define/Boundary Conditions...

z
z
z
z
z

300 K

4. Define/Materials...

FLUENT

5000 K
1 K
5000 K
Solve/Controls/Limits...

Fluent

FLUENT

Solve/Controls/Solution...
PDF

FLUENT 1.0

0.8 1.0
1.0

PDF FLUENT

FLUENT 1.0

Define/Models/Species...
FLUENT

Solve/Controls/Solution...

FLUENT

z
z
z
z
z
z

z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z

Nusselt
Stanton

11

Report/Fluxes...

Report/Surface Integrals...

Q =

H V dA

h Report/Surface
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Fluent

Grashof Reynolds

Gr
Re

gh
v2

Rayleigh

Ra = g TL 3

1
T

k
c p

Rayleigh 10^8 10^8 10^10

Boussinesq
Boussinesq

( 0 )g 0 (T T0 )g
r_0 T_0 b
Boussinesq r_0 (1 - b D T) r
.
Boussinesq
Boussinesq

Boussinesq

1.
2.

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Define/Operating Conditions

Figure 1:
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3.
4. Boussinesq
z Boussinesq
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2.
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z Boussinesq
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2. Boussines

3.
Boussinesq
Boussinesq


5.
3 FLUENT
p^'Define/Boundary Conditions...
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PRESTO!

Boussinesq r_0

( 0 )g
FLUET

ps = 0 gx + ps

ps
= g
x

ps
= ( 0 )g
x

FLUENT

p_s^'
p_s r_0 p_s p_s^'

bulk
Boussinesq

Rayleigh

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