CFdesign v10

Introduction
Saket Chaudhary
Technical Manager - ASIA
V10 Capabilities
p - NEW

9 Thermo Electric Coolers

9Quick Convection Tools
9Cavitation Prediction
9Distributed Computing
9CFD-tv
 Thermo Electric Coolers: Chip Cooling & Beyond

Case for transporting IV fluid

Freeze tissue samples for medical testing

Cooling of electronic components in high- Telecommunication equipment

p
temperature environments
Thermal Electric Cooler Example

Heat
HeatSink
Sinkand
andChip
ppwith
Chip Thermal
without Electric
Thermal Cooler
Electric Cooler
Usage: TEC

1. After selecting the part, choose Thermoelectric Component as the

material type.
type

2. There are several manufacturer-supplied components to choose from, or

define the device with the Material Editor.
Editor

3. A TEC Surface is needed as part of the material definition—this is the

sensing location for the device
device. It is the location for either the target cold
or target hot temperature.
Quick Convection Tools
Quick Convection

Problem Solutions

• A rigorous N-S solution is

sometimes
ti overkill
kill ffor ttrend
d Quick Forced
identification early in the design – Very fast solution technique
process. – Assumes inviscid, incompressible
– Typically finished in 1 (one) iteration
• Natural Convection solution time – Automatically computes empirical film
is often too long for upfront coefficients, and solves for the heat transfer
design study process

Quick Natural/Free
– Runs a small number of flow and thermal
iterations together
– Then computes and applies film coefficients
– And then continues as a thermal-only analysis,
neglecting the surrounding fluid
Quick Convection: Natural/Free

Quick Natural/Free quickly gets results for buoyancy-driven flows.

S l ti on d
Solution detailed
t il d simulation
i l ti model
d l was obtained
bt i d much h quicker
i k th
than
“full” solution.
Quick Convection: Forced

Flow and heat results in a few iterations!

Usage: Quick Solvers

• The Quick Solvers are controlled with check boxes on the

Options/Analyze task.

• Clicking Quick Forced will cause a potential flow solution to be generated

followed by a heat transfer analysis:
– Boundary layers, viscosity, wakes are all ignored
– Film coefficients are empirically calculated
– Takes a few iterations

• Clicking Concept Natural/Free will enable natural convection automation

– Flow and thermal are run for a number of iterations
– Film coefficients are computed automatically and flow is turned off
– The duration of the solution is run as thermal-only using the film coefficients
and starting temperature distribution
Cavitation Prediction
Cavitation

Problem
• Cavitation is a physical phenomenon that occurs in many high high-velocity
velocity liquid flows. It
occurs when the liquid pressure falls below the vapor pressure, and vapor bubbles
appear in the liquid.
• Accurate prediction of cavitation and its affects are vital for accurate device
characterization for many in the valve and pump industries.

Solution
• CFdesign Cavitation (Physical Model) Prediction
– Predicts the onset and location (but does not show bubble formation)
– Accurate computation of pressure and wall forces where cavitation occurs
Cavitation in a High-speed Water Valve

Valve wide open—no

cavitation Valve partially closed—small
region of cavitation

Valve almost closed—high

cavitation levels
Usage: Cavitation

I. Check the Cavitation box on the Options/Analyze dialog

I. Model is best suited to predicting location of bubble formation.
II. If cavitation region is very large, the solution may go unstable.

II. View
i cavitation
i i by showing
i Volume Vapor Fraction
i
CFD-tv
On-demand multimedia training
V10 C
Capabilities-Enhanced
biliti E h d
User Interface
User Interface

¾ Overhauled for new look and feel more modern appearance

¾ Expanding menus to save space
¾ Rubber-band selection
¾ Dockable menus and toolbars
¾ Units selection on tool bar
¾ New role of feature tree--more informational than interactive
¾ Expanding Menus
¾ “Property
p y Table” format
¾ “Options” and “Analyze” in a unified dialog.
¾ Many elements carried over from v9, to aid migration to new version
¾ Persistence view and task from one session to the next
CAD Connectivity

¾ Intelligent Model Generation

– Consistent Units
– No interferences
– Model Accuracies
– Direct read of Pro/E geometry
– Automation of surrounding fluid volume
– Edge Merging
– Small Object Removal
– Interactive capping to support void filling
– Interactive and more complete error communication

¾ CAD Data
– Model units
– Part materials
– Part colors
Intelligent Model Preparation
New Pro/Engineer Launch Mechanism

¾ Pro/E models are read directly into CFdesign

¾ Pro/E no longer locked during analysis!
¾ Shown to be more robust in many cases
¾ Handles void filling better in many cases

Pro/E assembly:
“Hvac.asm”
Benefits of New Launch Mechanism

Faucet Core from Moen

Launching into v10 is successful!

Benefits of New Launch Mechanism

• Improved Void Fill Performance

V10: Internal tubes ARE filled!

Benefits of New Launch Mechanism

Launching in v9—Launch Failure,

regardless
Launching in of Auto
v10 + Adjust Prep settings
accuracy with Auto Prep = Success!
External Volume Creation

Step 1: Module shown in CAD

Step 3: Completed analysis with volume created

Step 2: Creation of external
volume in v10
External Volume Creation

Natural Convection Results on a123

Edge Merging

Unmerged: 101,843 elements Merged: 72,083 elements

21,274 nodes 15,253 nodes
Small Object Removal

Original mesh with tiny slivers included M h after

Mesh ft removall
in model
Small Object Removal

Original mesh: With Small Object Removal:

35,578 Nodes 22,064 Nodes
94 991 Elements
94,991 56,533 Elements
Small Object Removal

Unsuppressed:
U supp essed 21,445
, 5e elements
e e ts Suppressed:
pp 6,249 elements
5,628 nodes 2,077 nodes
40 surfaces 21 surfaces
74 edges 55 edges
Small Object Removal

Without Small Object Removal With Small Object Removal

56,617 Nodes 9,366 Nodes
190,004 Elements 29 186 Elements
29,186
Interactive Void Fill Creation

Step 1: Solid-only Step 3: Void filled in v10

model in CAD

Step 2: Creation of capping

surfaces and volume in v10 Step 4: Results on
completed model
Error Feedback

¾ Improved error reporting for launch

and meshing errors.
¾ More obvious and helpful log files
¾ Graphical feedback of geometric
flaws that will impede meshing
Error Feedback

Launchingv10–graphical
Launching in v9— “Mergeuses” error
Launching in v10 + in errorAuto
Adjust accuracy with indication
Prep = Success!
Error Feedback
CAD Data

¾ Part color
¾ Model Units
¾ Model orientation
¾ Part Materials
¾ Mouse Mode
¾ CAD Background
color
Meshing

• Meshing re-architecture
• New Boundary Layer Meshing
• Improved Surface Part Meshing
• CAD Independent Mesh Refinement Regions
Boundary Layer Meshing

Much smoother and more uniform than in v9

(New) Mesh Enhancement: Example of Accuracy

Automotive Supplier—Sejong, in South Korea

Flow distribution within CAT manifold

SC/Tetra Fluent CFdesign

g v9 CFdesign v10
Particle Traces on Sejong Model…

SC/Tetra FLUENT CFdesign v9

CFdesign v10
Boundary Layer Meshing: Example of Accuracy

Dupont
Outlet velocity profile in
polymer die

v9 v10
Surface Parts

Solid Surface Parts

Surface Parts

Distributed Resistance Surface Parts

Contact Resistance Material Type
Mesh Refinement Regions

Step 3: Mesh is finer in wake region; this benefits the user by

providing a much easier way to capture results in regions known
to have large gradients, such as wakes.
Design Review

¾ New “Global” dialog with scalar

selection and visualization controls
¾ Redesigned
R d i d results l visualization
i li i
interaction
¾ Multiple-view window for enhanced
results viewingg
¾ Interactive cutting plane movement-
- “Mouse Grab”
¾ Colored plot lines on XY plots
¾ Reduced
R d d memory requirementsi for
f
animation
¾ New particle trace styles
Multiple-view window Results Viewing
Focus on Up-Front CFD is unwavering!