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Walter Schwarz
Airpak Product Manager
ANSYS, Inc.
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Airpak for Ventilation Applications
Model building
Model Manager: graphical user interface
Model building improvements
Meshing
Updated meshing algorithms
Non-conformal meshing
Solution
Updated solver Fluent 6.3
Parametric analysis
Design optimization
Streamlined Airpak/RSF launcher
Visualization and reporting
Textured & Transparent surfaces for display
Comprehensive model summary information
Reporting enhancements
New platforms supported
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Airpak 3.0
GUI
GUI Map
Map is
is Transformed
Transformed
Airpak 3.0
Airpak 3.0
Viewing options
Home view Scale to fit 4 port view
Edit commands
Redo Zoom in object names:
File commands 1 port view - show all
Save Undo
New project Print - show selected
- show none
Existing project
Screen capture
Airpak 3.0
Orientation commands
pos X view neg Z view Flip view
Solver window
Radiation view factors
Various approximations to
cylindrical/circular geometry can
be created via new macros
Mesher Enhancements
Improvements in mesher
robustness
Increased mesh quality
with less user intervention
Independently specify
minimum gap sizes in each
direction
Non-conformal Interface
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Non-conformal Meshing: Slack
Max Y Slack
Max X Slack
Y Object 1
Object 2
X
Min X Slack
Non-conformal
Min Y Slack assembly boundary
Definition of slack
Create an assembly
Turn on the option to mesh
separately
Add a slack region around the
assembly
- By default the bounding box of
the assembly is the min/max
extents of the objects making up
the component
- Slack region allows the user to
re-define the bounding box,
making it slightly larger than the
objects making up the Note: creation of an assembly does
not automatically make it non-
component conformal; the Mesh separately field
must be checked on for non-conformal
meshing
Advantages
Improved robustness of non-conformal interfaces
Support for non-encapsulated shell conduction zones
Solar load model integrated into Fluent eliminating the
need for Airpak to address this via UDFs
Expanded platform and parallel architecture availability
Web
Corporate
LAN
Customer Desktop
Pre-processing Supercomputer
Post-processing Servers
Parameterization and
optimization
Functions
Logical and arithmetic
expressions can be
defined
Used in post processing
and optimization
Can lessen the need to
open the model and post
process model
Can be associated with
post processing objects
Plane cuts
Object faces
Summary reports
Point reports
Primary functions
Pre-defined functions
Global maximum temperature
Total power
Maximum temperature of objects
Mean temperature of objects
Mass, volume of objects
Surface area of objects
Link to Reports
Must already have been defined
Link to Design variables
Link to Post-Processing objects
Must already have been defined
Link to object property
Difference functions
Drop or increase of a variable in a
specific direction across an object
Compound Functions
Primary
Function definition similar to
functions
parameterization
Primary functions can be selected
from:
Pre-defined functions
From pre-defined post
processing objects
From pre-defined post
processing reports
Design variables
Point reports
Object properties
Difference functions
Compound functions
Constraint function defined by
assigning a Min/Max constraint
value to a function
Two primary
Compound function functions added
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Airpak 3.0
Optimization: Defining Objective Functions
Objective function
AND
Constraint functions: Satisfied to within
0.1% of constraint values
Default criteria should suffice for vast majority
of optimization problems
Model building
Meshing
Solution
Visualization and reporting
New platforms supported