ANSYS Fluent Migration Manual 16.0

ANSYS Fluent Migration Manual
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Table of Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................................... v
1. The Contents of This Manual ................................................................................................................ v
2. The Contents of the Fluent Manuals ..................................................................................................... v
3. Technical Support ............................................................................................................................... vi
1. Migrating to ANSYS Fluent 16.0 ............................................................................................................. 1
2. New Features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0 ........................................................................................................ 3
3. Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent ....................................................................................................... 13
4. Text Command List and Settings Changes ............................................................................................ 19
4.1. Modified Text Command Settings .................................................................................................... 19
4.2. New Text Command Settings .......................................................................................................... 23
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Preface
This preface is divided into the following sections:
1.The Contents of This Manual
2.The Contents of the Fluent Manuals
3.Technical Support
1. The Contents of This Manual

The ANSYS Fluent Migration Manual highlights the changes between ANSYS Fluent 15.0 and ANSYS
Fluent 16.0. This document will include new features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0, expected solution changes
after migrating from ANSYS Fluent 15.0, and changes in text command settings.
2. The Contents of the Fluent Manuals

The manuals listed below form the Fluent product documentation set. They include descriptions of the
procedures, commands, and theoretical details needed to use Fluent products.
• Fluent Getting Started Guide contains general information about getting started with using
Fluent and provides details about starting, running, and exiting the program.
• Fluent Migration Manual contains information about transitioning from the previous release of Fluent,
including details about new features, solution changes, and text command list changes.
• Fluent User's Guide contains detailed information about running a simulation using the solution
mode of Fluent, including information about the user interface, reading and writing files, defining
boundary conditions, setting up physical models, calculating a solution, and analyzing your results.
• ANSYS Fluent Meshing User's Guide contains detailed information about creating 3D meshes
using the meshing mode of Fluent.
• Fluent in Workbench User's Guide contains information about getting started with and using Fluent
within the Workbench environment.
• Fluent Theory Guide contains reference information for how the physical models are implemented in
Fluent.
• Fluent Customization Manual contains information about writing and using user-defined functions
(UDFs).
• Fluent Tutorial Guide contains a number of examples of various flow problems with detailed instructions,
commentary, and postprocessing of results.
• ANSYS Fluent Meshing Tutorials contains a number of examples of general mesh-generation techniques
used in ANSYS Fluent Meshing.
Tutorials for release 16.0 are available on the ANSYS Customer Portal. To access tutorials and
their input files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/training.
• Fluent Text Command List contains a brief description of each of the commands in Fluent’s solution
mode text interface.
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• ANSYS Fluent Meshing Text Command List contains a brief description of each of the commands in
Fluent’s meshing mode text interface.
• ANSYS Fluent Advanced Add-On Modules contains information about the usage of the different advanced
Fluent add-on modules, which are applicable for specific modeling needs.
– Part I: ANSYS Fluent Adjoint Solver contains information about the background and usage of Fluent's
Adjoint Solver Module that allows you to obtain detailed sensitivity data for the performance of a
fluid system.
– Part II: ANSYS Fluent Battery Module contains information about the background and usage of Fluent's
Battery Module that allows you to analyze the behavior of electric batteries.
– Part III: ANSYS Fluent Continuous Fiber Module contains information about the background and usage
of Fluent's Continuous Fiber Module that allows you to analyze the behavior of fiber flow, fiber
properties, and coupling between fibers and the surrounding fluid due to the strong interaction that
exists between the fibers and the surrounding gas.
– Part IV: ANSYS Fluent Fuel Cell Modules contains information about the background and the usage
of two separate add-on fuel cell models for Fluent that allow you to model polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), and electrolysis with Fluent.
– Part V: ANSYS Fluent Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module contains information about the back-
ground and usage of Fluent's Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module that allows you to analyze the
behavior of electrically conducting fluid flow under the influence of constant (DC) or oscillating (AC)
electromagnetic fields.
– Part VI: ANSYS Fluent Population Balance Module contains information about the background and
usage of Fluent's Population Balance Module that allows you to analyze multiphase flows involving
size distributions where particle population (as well as momentum, mass, and energy) require a balance
equation.
• Fluent as a Server User's Guide contains information about the usage of Fluent as a Server which allows
you to connect to a Fluent session and issue commands from a remote client application.
• Running ANSYS Fluent Using a Load Manager contains information about using third-party load managers
with ANSYS Fluent.
– Part I: Running ANSYS Fluent Under LSF contains information about using Fluent with Platform
Computing’s LSF software, a distributed computing resource management tool.
– Part II: Running ANSYS Fluent Under PBS Professional contains information about using Fluent with
Altair PBS Professional, an open workload management tool for local and distributed environments.
– Part III: Running ANSYS Fluent Under SGE contains information about using Fluent with Univa Grid
Engine (formerly Sun Grid Engine) software, a distributed computing resource management tool.
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to solve. The product documentation is available from the online help, or from the ANSYS Customer
Portal. To access documentation files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/
documentation.
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Chapter 1: Migrating to ANSYS Fluent 16.0
The purpose of the ANSYS Fluent Migration Manual is to help you transition from ANSYS Fluent 15.0
to ANSYS Fluent 16.0. Read through the entire document to understand the changes that have taken
place. The information is enclosed in the following chapters:
• New Features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0 (p. 3)
• Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent (p. 13)
• Text Command List and Settings Changes (p. 19)
To access documentation files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/document-

ation. Here you can also find Release Notes and a list of Known Issues and Limitations. Expand the
General category to access these documents
If you are upgrading across several releases, you may find it helpful to consult the Migration Manuals
for the intervening releases as well. You can find these by searching the Online Documentation on the
Customer Portal for Fluent Migration Manual.
For a list of platform/OS levels that are supported in the current release, visit the ANSYS website.
Please note that beta features have not been fully tested and validated. ANSYS, Inc. makes no commit-
ment to resolve defects reported against these prototype features. Changes in the solution behavior
are sometimes expected and are not captured in this document. However, if there are solution differences
between the Release 15.0 beta features and the Release 16.0 standard Fluent features that concern you,
contact technical support for assistance. Your feedback is appreciated and will help us improve the
overall quality of the product.
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Chapter 2: New Features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0
New features available in ANSYS Fluent 16.0 are listed below. Where appropriate, references to the rel-
evant section in the User's Guide are provided.
User Interface
• The ANSYS Fluent navigation pane has been changed to a tree view with new capabilities designed for ease
of use. Many of the most commonly accessed commands and features are now available by right-click in
the tree. There is also the ability to expand and collapse branches, allowing you to more quickly navigate
through boundary zones for example. For additional information on the new ANSYS Fluent user interface,
see GUI Components in the Fluent User's Guide.
– The Phases task page is now the Phases dialog box, which is located under the Setup/Models/Multiphase
branch in the tree. It is only visible once you have enabled a multiphase model.
• An additional Statistic Monitor has been implemented for the number of iterations per time step. In addition,
you can now write statistic monitor output to a file. (Monitoring Statistics)
• Three new report types are now available when defining surface monitors: Custom Vector Based Flow Rate,
Custom Vector Flow Rate, and Custom Vector Weighted Average.
• CPU, memory usage, and solver timing reports are now available from the GUI under the Report → System
menu. (System Resource Usage)
Documentation
• Two new symbols have been added to the mini-flow charts used to indicate navigating through the tree.
Descriptions of these symbols and examples using them are located in the Typographical Conventions in
the Fluent User's Guide.
• The following ANSYS Fluent Manuals have been consolidated into ANSYS Fluent Advanced Add-On Modules:
– Adjoint Solver Module Manual
– Battery Module Manual
– Continuous Fiber Module Manual
– Fuel Cell Modules Manual
– Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module Manual
– Population Balance Manual
• The following ANSYS Fluent Manuals have been consolidated into Running ANSYS Fluent Using a Load
Manager:
– Running Under LSF
New Features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0
– Running Under PBS Professional
– Running Under SGE
• The User-Defined Function Manual is now part of the Fluent Customization Manual which also incorporates
a new set of documentation for the creation of custom graphical user interface elements in Fluent.
Solver-Numerics
• The algorithm for quality-based identification of cells for poor mesh numerics has been enhanced to better
capture cells with high skewness. In addition, you can now tune the threshold value that is used for including
cells based on quality. (Robustness on Meshes of Poor Quality)
• The solution stabilization algorithm that was previously available for System Coupling dynamic mesh zones
is now made available also for zones using the Six DOF solver. (Using the Six DOF Solver)
Solver-Meshing
• A new text command /mesh/polyhedra/options/migrate-and-reorder? has been introduced

to disable migration and reordering after conversion to polyhedra. ( mesh/ in the Fluent Text Command
List)
• A new text command display/set/mesh-display-configuration allows you to switch between

the default mesh displays: meshing, solution, post-processing, and classic modes (for more information, see
display/). A new button is also available in the Objects toolbar. (The Objects Toolbar)
• Fluent meshing now uses the same face-node connectivity as the Fluent solver (for additional information,
see Face-Node Connectivity in ANSYS Fluent in the Fluent User's Guide).
• ANSYS Fluent now uses parallel zone remeshing for tetrahedral and prism meshes when running Fluent in
parallel. This reduces peak memory usage during the simulation as well as removing the limitation on the
size of the cell zone that can be remeshed.
• The Mapped option is an alternative approach for modeling coupled walls between zones (fluid-solid or
fluid-fluid). It is a robust method for handling interfaces with penetration or gaps. For additional information
see The Mapped Option in the Fluent User's Guide.
• There is a new method for creating robust interfaces that uses interface boundary metrics. These metrics
are particularly useful for complex non-conformal interfaces and they are enabled by the text command:
define/mesh-interfaces/use-interface-boundary-metrics?.
• Now ANSYS Fluent automatically checks boundary layer aspect ratios when converting the domain to
polyhedra. In instances with high aspect ratios, ANSYS Fluent asks if you want to preserve boundary layer
cells, which could be useful for keeping cell counts low when retaining boundary features. For additional
information, see Converting the Domain to a Polyhedra in the Fluent User's Guide and mesh/ in the Fluent
Text Command List.
• A new text command define/mesh-interfaces/enforce-coupled-wall-between-solids?

has been introduced to allow you to automatically create Coupled Wall boundaries at solid-solid interfaces
of the same material.
• Now ANSYS Fluent automatically creates zone names for mesh interfaces that incorporate the user-provided
mesh interface name as a prefix. This makes it easier to identify which zones make up a specific interface as
well as making it easier to write journal files for setting up large cases with hundreds of mesh interfaces.
The old naming convention was simply the boundary type and a number, for example wall-35. For addi-
tional information about the automatic naming strategy, see Interface Zones Automatic Naming Conventions
in the Fluent User's Guide. Note that this feature does not modify zone names defined in legacy cases. To
revert to the naming strategy of previous releases, set the rpvar nonconformal/use-pre-16-release-
naming-conventions? to true.
• The definition of orthogonal quality has been improved for R16.0, enabling better handling of poor quality
elements by the poor mesh numerics. This definition change also affects the reporting of orthogonal quality.
To revert to R15.0 behavior, use the following rpvar setting:
(rpsetvar 'mesh/bad/quality/method 1)
Models
• Turbulence
– The Menter-Lechner near-wall treatment (which was previously only available as a beta feature) is available
for the k-ε model. It provides a method of modeling flow near a wall that is not based on the two-layer
approach and that uses a low-Re formulation that is designed to avoid the deficiencies of existing k-ε
low-Re formulations. (Menter-Lechner ε-Equation (ML-ε))
– The default subgrid-scale model for the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model and the Embedded Large
Eddy Simulation (ELES) model has been changed from the Smagorinsky-Lilly model to the Wall-Adapting
Local Eddy-Viscosity (WALE) model. The advantages of the WALE model compared to the Smagorinsky-
Lilly model are described in Wall-Adapting Local Eddy-Viscosity (WALE) Model in the Fluent Theory Guide
and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) in the Fluent User's Guide.
– The ability to use a UDF to customize the turbulent Prandtl and Schmidt numbers has been added for a
variety of turbulence models. Previously, UDFs could only be used for the standard or realizable k-ε
model and the standard k-ω model. (Customizing the Turbulent Prandtl and Schmidt Numbers in the
Fluent User's Guide)
– All Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) models and the algebraic Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation
(WMLES) model have been upgraded to more accurately calculate solutions for polyhedral meshes. (De-
tached Eddy Simulation (DES), IDDES Model Formulation, and Algebraic WMLES Model Formulation)
– The Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) model has been upgraded to reflect the formu-
lation described by Gritskevich et al., 2012. (Overview of IDDES and IDDES Model Formulation)
– A new k-omega model called the baseline (BSL) model is now available. It overcomes the freestream
sensitivity of the standard k-omega model, but does not properly predict the onset and amount of flow
separation from smooth surfaces compared to the shear-stress transport (SST) k-omega model. (Baseline
(BSL) k-ω Model)
• Heat Transfer and Radiation
– When using the S2S model, you can now write view factors as binary files (and this option is enabled by
default), in order to reduce the time needed to write and read the files. (Computing View Factors Inside
ANSYS Fluent)
– In the parallel version of Fluent, an enhanced routine (which was previously only available as a beta feature)
is used by default for the encapsulation of coupled walls that is a consequence of enabling shell conduction
and/or the surface to surface (S2S) radiation model. This enhanced encapsulation produces partitions
that yield better load balance and smoother interfaces, which improves solver convergence.
(Troubleshooting)
– As part of the S2S model, it is now possible to use the ray tracing method when calculating the view
factors on a cluster to cluster basis. Previously the ray tracing method was only available for calculating
the view factors on a face to face basis, which requires longer calculation times for polyhedral meshes
when compared to calculating the view factors on a cluster to cluster basis. The ray tracing method also
makes it possible to use symmetric and periodic boundaries when calculating the view factors on a cluster
to cluster basis. (Selecting the Method for Computing View Factors)
– A new algorithm is used with the S2S model for non-conformal meshes, in order to avoid encapsulating
coupled wall faces at the partition interface. This yields better load balances and thus improves the
overall solver performance (that is, the time needed by the solver for each iteration), with significant gains
especially for cases with a large number of processors.
– For walls with shell conduction enabled, it is now possible to define the heat generation rate of the layers
using a user-defined function (UDF). (Managing Shell Conduction Walls)
– The new Mapped option for non-conformal interfaces supports conjugate heat transfer modeling and it
is a robust method for creating interfaces with penetration or gaps. For additional information see The
Mapped Option in the Fluent User's Guide.
• Combustion and Species Transport
– In the chemistry agglomeration method, you can now directly specify the size of the temperature intervals
used in the binning algorithm. (Using Chemistry Agglomeration)
– Ability to use user-defined functions for soot nucleation and coagulation rates. (DEFINE_SOOT_NUCLE-
ATION_RATES)
– Ability to define soot nucleation, surface growth and oxidation rates for soot mass fraction equation using
user-defined functions. (DEFINE_SOOT_MASS_RATES)
– Fluent now includes the Chemkin reaction library. No separate license is required.
– You can now import and use encrypted CHEMKIN gas kinetics mechanisms and thermodynamic databases
from Reaction Design in Fluent.
• Pollution Formation
– A new soot model called method of moments has been added. In this model, the soot moment transport
equations are solved for the soot particle size distribution. This approach uses fewer empirical constant
for modeling various soot formation sub-processes, such as coagulation, nucleation and surface growth,
than the two equation soot models. User-specified kinetics can be provided for modeling nucleation and
soot surface growth. (Setting Up the Method of Moments Soot Model)
• Discrete Phase Model
– New UDF macros and hooks have been added to support user-defined functions for impingement beha-
vior (DEFINE_IMPINGEMENT), impingement regimes (DEFINE_FILM_REGIME), and splashing distri-
butions (DEFINE_SPLASHING_DISTRIBUTION).
– A new Film Boiling Model is now available for the Lagrangian film for droplet and multicomponent
particles. (Mass Transfer from the Film)
– Energy transfer from Lagrangian film to the wall has been implemented. Previously, the Lagrangian film
particles exchanged energy only with the gas. (Energy Transfer from the Film)
– For inert, droplet, wet-combusting and multicomponent particles, you can now account for particle-to-
wall heat transfer for walls with the DPM reflect, wall-film, and wall-jet boundary conditions. (Particle-Wall
Impingement Heat Transfer)
• Volume of Fluid
– You can now simulate random waves at open channel wave boundaries by specifying a wave spectrum.
This was a beta feature in R15.0 and is now fully supported. (Modeling Open Channel Wave Boundary
Conditions)
– When using the coupled level set model, you can optionally apply a weighting function to the surface
tension force to reduce spurious currents that can arise in some cases. (Including Coupled Level Set with
the VOF Model)
– Variable time stepping is now supported for both implicit and explicit volume fraction formulations.
(Variable Time Stepping)
– The Compressive volume fraction discretization scheme has been enhanced to work for both sharp and
diffused interfaces. (Choosing Volume Fraction Formulation)
– Options for interface reconstruction and volumetric smoothing when patching the volume fraction field
have been added. (Options for Patching Volume Fraction in the VOF Model)
– An anti-diffusion treatment is available when modeling sharp interfaces to reduce the effects of numerical
diffusion on coarse meshes. (Interface Modeling Type)
– An option has been added to enable an enhanced numerical treatment for compressible flows when using
one of the multiphase models. (Modeling Compressible Flows)
• Eulerian Multiphase Model
– The Virtual Mass model has been enhanced with the ability to specify the virtual mass coefficient on a
per-phase-pair basis and with the addition of an implicit formulation that can improve convergence in
some cases. (Including the Virtual Mass Force)
– Ability to use the Non-Iterative Time Advancement (NITA) with Eulerian multiphase flows. (Setting Solution
Controls for the Non-Iterative Solver)
– An option has been added to solve all primary and secondary phase volume fractions directly rather than
solving only the secondary phases directly. If this option is used the volume fractions are scaled to satisfy
the requirement that the volume fractions sum to 1. (Solving N-Phase Volume Fraction Equations)
– A new heat-transfer model, fixed-to-sat-temp, had been added for cases in which all of the heat transfer
to a phase-to-phase interface goes into mass-transfer. (Including Heat Transfer Effects)
– When using the cavitation model, you can now model the temperature-dependence of the vaporization
pressure as a first-order Taylor approximation about the free-stream value. This can help with numerical
stability in cases with small temperature deviations. (Mass Transfer Mechanisms)
– When using the cavitation model, you can now include the effect of turbulence on the threshold cavitation
pressure. (Mass Transfer Mechanisms)
– An option has been added to enable an enhanced numerical treatment for compressible flows when using
one of the multiphase models. (Modeling Compressible Flows)
• Eulerian Wall Film Model
– You can now enable the solution of the passive scalar equation for the Eulerian Wall Film model. To specify
the initial conditions on the wall, you can include various source terms. (Modeling Eulerian Wall Films)
– The periodic boundary conditions are now available with the Eulerian Wall Film model.
• Population Balance
Material Properties
• You can now define anisotropic thermal conductivity for a solid material using the components of the
principal axes and the associated principal values. This is useful when the principal axes of your material are
not orthogonal and/or not aligned with the global coordinate system of your simulation. (Principal Axes
and Principal Values)
• The compressible liquid model now limits the density ratio to within a user-specified range. (Compressible
Liquid Density Method)
• The REFPROP v9.1 database containing 125 fluids is now available for the NIST real gas models. (The NIST
Real Gas Models)
• An option to create a lookup table for single-species NIST real-gas properties has been added. (The NIST
Real Gas Models)
• You can now define the binary diffusivity for droplet particle materials as pressure-dependent by specifying
a reference pressure. (Description of the Properties)
Cell Zone and Boundary Conditions
• The Impedance Boundary Condition has been promoted to a full feature. This was a beta feature in R15.0.
(Impedance Boundary Conditions)
• A Transparent Flow Forcing Boundary Condition has been introduced that allows you to specify incoming
acoustic wave profiles at the domain boundaries while allowing outgoing waves to pass through without
reflection (Transparent Flow Forcing Boundary Conditions)
• At the porous jump boundary, thermal contact resistance can now be specified if the energy equation is
turned on. (Porous Jump Boundary Conditions)
• The Average Pressure Specification option for pressure outlet boundaries has been enhanced to be less
reflective and to make it compatible with the Radial Equilibrium Pressure Distribution option and pressure
values specified as profiles. (Average Pressure Specification)
• You can now designate fluid cell zones as 3D fan zones, in order to simulate the effect of a fan by applying
a distributed momentum source in a toroid-shaped fluid continuum (that is, a blade-swept volume). 3D fan
zones produce results that can be comparable to moving reference frame (MRF) simulations (without requiring
3D rotating fan blade geometries), and unlike fan boundary conditions, they have a thickness in the flow
direction and can calculate swirl and radial velocities. (3D Fan Zones)
• Relative viscosity can now be modeled in porous cell zones. (Relative Viscosity in Porous Media)
Mesh Morpher/Optimizer
• A new unstructured control point distribution method has been added, which allows you to locate control
points by using the mouse or entering coordinates, and bases the mesh deformation on radial based functions.
With this method, you can easily locate control points on boundary zones and precisely move surface mesh
nodes with the specified displacements. Note that as part of this method, the motion of groups of control
points can be defined not only as a translation, but also as a rotation or radially about a point / axis. (Setting
Up the Mesh Morpher/Optimizer)
• You can now define constraints on multiple boundary zones at the same time. (Setting Up the Mesh
Morpher/Optimizer)
Parallel Processing
• A Laplace smoothing option has been introduced for use with the METIS partitioning method. This option
can be used to prevent partition boundaries from passing through extended regions of highly-stretched
cells which avoids convergence difficulties that can arise in such cases. This new option replaces the func-
tionality of the /parallel/partition/set/stretched-mesh-enhancement command in previous
versions. Also, unlike the command it replaces, the Laplace smoothing option can be used in both serial
and parallel. This was available as a beta feature in Fluent R15.0. (Partitioning in the Fluent User's Guide)
• You can now enable/disable and customize GPGPU acceleration settings for individual coupled and scalar
equation systems. (Using and Managing GPGPUs)
• A parallel check feature is available to check and report information about various factors that affect parallel
performance. (Parallel Check)
• Information about installed GPUs can now be printed to the console from the Report → System menu.
(System Resource Usage)
User-Defined Functions (UDFs) and User-Defined Scalars (UDSs)
• Fluent now automatically creates the extended neighborhood so it is no longer necessary to explicitly enable
extended neighborhood. Additional macros have been introduced to loop over regular or extended exterior
cells and for data exchange between compute nodes. (Parallel Considerations)
• A function has been added allowing UDF access to saturation properties from the NIST real-gas model. (NIST
Real Gas Saturation Properties)
Data Import and Export
• Exporting to Fieldview format now makes use of parallel optimizations that improve write speed. This
functionality was available as a beta feature through separate text commands in Fluent R15.0. Those beta-
feature commands have been removed.
• You can now export results and mesh data for surfaces in Fieldview format.
• You now have the ability to import surfaces for postprocessing (*.stl or *.msh format). For additional
information, see Imprint Surfaces in the Fluent User's Guide.
• You can now export polyhedral mesh and data in CGNS file format.
• You can now convert surface mesh created in non-SI units into SI units before importing into ANSYS Fluent
by specifying the units in the Mesh was created in field of the Select File dialog box.
• When running Fluent in parallel, you can now read or write case and data files using Hierarchical Data Format
(HDF). (Reading and Writing Files Using Hierarchical Data Format (HDF))
Calculation Activities
• You can now autosave case and data files based on crank angle for in-cylinder simulations. You can also
append file names with the crank angle.
Graphics, Postprocessing, and Reporting
• Three new options are now available for surface integral reports: Custom Vector Based Flux, Custom Vector
Flux, and Custom Vector Weighted Average. For additional information on custom vector options, see Surface
Integrals Dialog Box in the Fluent User's Guide and Computing Surface Integrals in the Fluent Theory Guide.
• The text command /solve/monitors/force/unscaled? has been added to specify that Fluent
should report force and moment monitors as unscaled force and moment values, rather than as dimensionless
coefficients.
• It is now possible to create multiple zone surfaces at once using the Zone Surface dialog box. You can also
use the text command surface/multiple-zone-surfaces.
• The ability to create and save for later use contour and plot vector definitions has been added for the Con-
tours and Vectors tree items. (Creating and Using Contour Plot Definitions and Creating and Using Vector
Plot Definitions)
Workbench
• Miscellaneous enhancements to the user interface of solution monitoring have been implemented in ANSYS
Workbench. (Monitoring Fluent Solutions in Workbench)
• Coupling between transient Maxwell and steady Fluent systems is promoted from beta to full-feature.
• For coupled Ansoft-Fluent systems, you can now perform automatic system updates for each coupling iter-
ation using the Ansoft Feedback Iterator.
• You can now load multiple meshes created in the ANSYS Meshing application to a Fluent-based system.
(Connecting Multiple Upstream Meshes to a Setup Cell of a Fluent-Based System)
• You can now recover the latest case and data files for cases when the latest matching/compatible case and
data files are missing from the list of the solution files in Fluent. (Managing Solution Files)
• The user interface for the recorded mesh operations and matching zones feature has been enhanced and
become more straightforward. The changes include the following:
– The Incoming Zones dialog box has been removed, and the Recorded Mesh Operations dialog box has
been renamed to Recorded Mesh Operations and Incoming Zones
– Information about incoming zones and the Match Zone Names dialog box are accessible directly from
the Recorded Mesh Operations and Incoming Zones dialog box
(Recording Mesh Manipulation Operations and Resolving Mesh Incompatibility in Fluent)
• For Fluent (with TGrid meshing) component systems, you can:
– Transfer geometry data to a Mesh cell through a connection from an upstream Geometry component
system. (Fluent-Based Component Systems)
– Use a journal file to automatically generate a computational mesh for your geometry. (Using a Journal
File for the Mesh Cell)
– Use a journal file to set and expose Workbench parameters for controlling the mesh generation process
(Using a Journal File for the Mesh Cell).
– Specify the number of parallel processes for update operations for a Mesh cell. (Using Parallel Fluent
Meshing)
Add-Ons
• Adjoint Module
– The Control Volume Morphing tool in the Adjoint module has been replaced by the Design Tool which
offers greatly enhanced functionality including optimal deformation for multiple objectives and the ap-
plication of design conditions such as prescribed-motion, bounding planes, and locally fixed walls. Control
volume morphing settings in existing case files are respected. (Modifying the Geometry Using the Design
Tool)
– Various volume integrals are now available as observables for the adjoint solver. (General Observables)
– The effects of user-defined momentum sources on computed sensitivities can now be considered in the
application of the adjoint solver by using the new UDF macro, DEFINE_SOURCE_AE. (User-Defined Sources)
– Porous media are now supported in the adjoint solver.
– An auto-adjust option has been introduced for the adjoint solver numerics. When enabled, the convergence
of the AMG solver and the adjoint residuals are monitored during solution advancement and adjustments
are made to the numerics automatically to encourage convergence. (Using the Adjoint Solution Controls
Dialog Box)
– A new Dissipation Scheme is available for stabilizing the adjoint solver advancement. (Dissipation Scheme)
• Battery Module
– For the MSMD Battery model, you can now use the time-scheduled or event-scheduled profiles to define
an electric load boundary condition. (Specifying Battery Model Options)
– The NTGK and ECM battery models now offer a parameter estimation tool for computing the polynomial
coefficients of the model parameters from the battery testing data. The tool is available through the text
user interface. (Using the Dual-Potential MSMD Battery Model Text User Interface)
– For battery pack simulations, the new virtual connection capability enables you to connect batteries in a
pack without the need for explicit meshing of such connections. (Battery Pack Simulation)
– The external and internal short-circuit treatment has been added for the MSMD battery model. (Specifying
External and Internal Short-Circuit Resistances)
• For the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis model, the enhancements include:
– The ability to enable the Laplace Smoothing for parallel partition directly from the Fuel Cell Electrolysis
Models dialog box. (Specifying Model Options)
– The ability to use four exchange coefficients for the cathode and anode transfer currents. (Specifying
Model Options)
– The ability to account for liquid blockage to gas diffusion and to reaction surface separately. (Specifying
Model Parameters)
– The ability to change relative permeability calculation for multiphase simulations. (Specifying Model
Parameters)
– A new user-accessible function is available for modifying the thermal contact resistance for porous zones.
(User-Accessible Functions)
Beta Features
• There are also some exciting new enhancements available as beta features that you may be interested in
trying out. Detailed documentation is in the Fluent 16.0 Beta Features Manual which is available on the ANSYS
Customer Portal.
Chapter 3: Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent
The sections in this chapter contain a comprehensive list of the code changes implemented in ANSYS
Fluent 16.0 that may affect the ANSYS Fluent 15.0 solutions.
Please note that text that is in bold font represents key words that may facilitate your search for the
changes in code behavior.
Solver-Numerics
• Improvements have been made to the computation of viscous heating in cases that use moving cell zones
with the relative velocity formulation. You may observe changes in the solutions of such cases as a result,
particularly in shear-dominated flows. This will also result in changes in the total temperature in cases with
flows that cross two frames of reference and that use the relative velocity formulation.
• A fix has been made to eliminate spurious contributions to the normal viscous stress at symmetry boundaries
adjacent to unstructured meshes. This may affect results in such cases. It is possible to revert to the R15.0
treatment using the following command.
(rpsetvar 'mom/symmetry-secondary-gradient? #t)
• Specified mass flow rate, mass flux, or average mass flux is relative to the adjacent cell zone, regardless of
the Reference Frame option you selected in the Mass-Flow Inlet boundary condition dialog box. This will
lead to differences in results (flow quantities like velocities, pressures, temperatures, and so on) between
R15.0 and R16.0.
• Dynamic mesh cases using 2nd order in time may see a difference in solutions between R15.0 and R16.0
due to a correction in the grid flux calculation at the second time step.
• Axisymmetric swirl cases with Low-Pressure Boundary Slip (LPBS) and Viscous Heating options enabled may
see a difference in results between R15.0 and R16.0 due to a correction in the viscous heating contribution
at the LPBS walls.
Convergence Optimization
• The default explicit relaxation factors for the momentum, pressure, and volume fraction equations have
been changed from 0.75 to 0.5 for steady-state cases using the pressure-based coupled solver. This change
applies to single-phase cases and multiphase cases using the mixture or VOF formulations. Eulerian multiphase
cases are unaffected. Users can expect improved robustness with the default settings, but may experience
slower convergence of some cases using the new defaults.
Previous case file settings are respected.
Solver-Meshing
• ANSYS Fluent now uses parallel zone remeshing for tetrahedral and prism meshes when running Fluent in
parallel. This leads to differences in meshes created in serial versus parallel as well as those run on Windows
versus Linux. This may also lead to small differences in mesh created in serial in R15.0 and R16.0. To revert
Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent
to the behavior of previous releases of ANSYS Fluent, use the text command: define/dynamic-
mesh/controls/remeshing-parameters/parallel-remeshing?.
• The graphical user interface of previous releases of ANSYS Fluent allowed you setup a steady-state case with
mesh motion, which renders the solution unphysical. This possibility has now been removed. Case files from
previous releases of ANSYS Fluent that have mesh motion enabled in steady-state will be converted to use
frame motion instead of mesh motion.
• Improvements to the definition of orthogonal quality affect the reporting of orthogonal quality. This could
result in differences in the reported quality for the same mesh between R15.0 and R16.0. To revert to R15.0
behavior, use the following rpvar setting:
(rpsetvar 'mesh/bad/quality/method 1)
• The non-conformal interface intersection algorithm has been changed to improve the quality of the inter-
sections, which may lead to differences in results obtained between R15.0 and R16.0. This will only affect
the results if the intersections are re-created from a mesh file. To revert to the pre-R16.0 intersection algorithm,
use the following rpvar setting:
(rpsetvar 'nonconformal/normal-check-relaxation-factor 0)
• Improvements have been made to polyhedra conversion that could lead to differences in the polyhedra
mesh and in the results between R15.0 and R16.0. For additional information about polyhedra conversion,
see Converting the Domain to a Polyhedra in the Fluent User's Guide.
• Now ANSYS Fluent automatically creates zone names for mesh interfaces that incorporate the user-provided
mesh interface name as a prefix. The old naming convention was simply the boundary type and a number,
for example wall-35. This could cause issues, for example, with old journal files expecting the old naming
strategy. For additional information about the automatic naming strategy, see Interface Zones Automatic
Naming Conventions in the Fluent User's Guide. Note that this feature does not modify zone names defined
in legacy cases. To revert to the naming strategy of previous releases, set the rpvar nonconformal/use-
pre-16-release-naming-conventions? to true.
Turbulence
• The definition of the turbulence length scale for inlets has been revised, in order to make it more consistent
with that used inside the domain for various physical models in Fluent. As a result, the solution results may
change for any simulation that uses the Intensity and Length Scale specification method, as well as one-
equation turbulence model simulations that use the Intensity and Hydraulic Diameter specification
method.
• The default subgrid-scale model for the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model and the Embedded Large Eddy
Simulation (ELES) model has been changed from the Smagorinsky-Lilly model to the Wall-Adapting Local
Eddy-Viscosity (WALE) model. Existing case file settings will be respected, whereas the new default will be
used for cases in which the LES or ELES model has not been previously selected or enabled.
• For all inlet and exit boundaries in simulations that use the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model, the default
value of the Modified Turbulent Viscosity (which is available in the Turbulence group box when Modified
Turbulent Viscosity is selected from the Specification Method drop-down list) has been changed to 0.0001.
This new value is consistent with a turbulent viscosity ratio of approximately 10 for air. This change will only
affect newly set up cases, as existing case file settings are respected.
• All Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) models and the algebraic Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation (WMLES)
model have been upgraded in order to more accurately calculate solutions for polyhedral meshes. As a
result, the solution results may change for any simulation that uses these models, except when the mesh
consists entirely of rectilinear hexahedral cells.
Also, the Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) model has been upgraded to reflect
the formulation described by Gritskevich et al., 2012, rather than that described by Shur et al., 2008.
This may affect the solution results.
To revert to the previous behavior, enter the following command in the console:
(rpsetvar 'des-iddes-r13-r15? #t)
• The model constants that appear in the high wave number damping of the SAS term no longer include
compressibility corrections. Any changes to the solutions as a result of this should be minor, and only for
flows that have a high Mach number.
• The calculation of the subgrid eddy viscosity as part of the Wall-Adapting Local Eddy-Viscosity (WALE)
model has been corrected to properly account for coordinate frame rotation. This may affect the solution
results for cases that have rotating zones and use the relative velocity formulation.
Heat Transfer
• In the parallel version of Fluent, an enhanced routine (which was previously only available as a beta feature)
is now used by default for the encapsulation of coupled walls that is a consequence of enabling shell con-
duction and/or the surface to surface (S2S) radiation model. This enhanced encapsulation may change how
the mesh is partitioned and should improve convergence. You can disable this option using the
define/models/shell-conduction/enhanced-encapsulation? text command.
• A new algorithm is used with the S2S model for non-conformal meshes, in order to avoid encapsulating
coupled wall faces at the partition interface. This yields better load balances and therefore improves the
overall solver performance (that is, the time needed by the solver for each iteration), with significant gains
especially for cases with a large number of processors.
• As part of the S2S model, the default method when calculating the view factors on a cluster to cluster basis
is now the ray tracing method. This change will only affect newly set up cases, as existing case file settings
are respected.
• Numerics changes to the node-based gradient algorithm for temperature with non-conformal interfaces
may result in solution differences between R15.0 and R16.0.
• The calculation for the mean beam length for the weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model (WSGGM) has been
corrected, which may result in solution changes for cases that have solid zones, mass flow inlets, and/or
pressure far-field boundaries.
• A correction has been made for the calculation of shell conduction when multiple layers are defined on a
two-sided wall, especially for T-junctions. This may result in solution changes.
Reacting Flow
• A more robust solution algorithm, CEQ, previously used only for Relaxation to Chemical Equilibrium and
Dimension Reduction calculations, is now used for most chemical equilibrium calculations. CEQ is able to
converge simulations that the previous solution algorithm, CPROPEP, could not. In some cases, CEQ may
yield slightly different results for flamelet, pdf, or spark ignition simulations.
CPROPEP is still used for:
Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent
– equilibrium calculations involving empirical fuel
– PDF table generation
To revert to CPROPEP for other equilibrium calculations enter the following text user interface com-
mand in the console:
(rpsetvar 'pdf/equil-solver/ceq? #f)
• Corrections made to the Coal Calculator may lead to different values for certain Species model and
Non/Partial Premixed model parameters if rerun for pre-R16.0 cases. The potentially affected parameters
are standard state enthalpy for volatile species in the Species model and lower calorific values for the fuel
stream in the Non/Partial Premixed model.
Discrete Phase Model
• For unsteady particle tracking, the application of the temporal staggering factor has been adjusted such
that the default value of 1 gives maximum sensible spreading in all cases. As a result, you may some differ-
ences in initial particle locations compared with previous releases.
• A correction has been made to the Lagrangian Wall Film momentum equation to fix a defect in which the
film particles were not affected by the wall and gas-phase shear stresses. As a result, you may observe signi-
ficant changes in wall film location, mass, and velocity.
• Multiple improvements have been made to the Lagrangian Wall Film model. Energy can now be transferred
between the Lagrangian film and the wall and there is now a Film Boiling model for when droplets and
multi-component particles reach their boiling point. These improvements can lead to differences in results
between R15.0 and R16.0. To revert to pre-R16.0 behavior, set the rpvar ‘dpm/film-formulation-
r15? to #t, then you must open the Discrete Phase Model dialog box and click OK for the change to take
effect.
• Stochastic particle tracking has been changed to resolve a bug such that eddy crossing time is now multiplied
by 1 (old default was 2), which may lead to changes in results. To revert to R15.0 behavior, set the rpvar
'dpm/eddy-cross-time-factor to 2, then you must open the Discrete Phase Model dialog box and
click OK for the change to take effect.
• A correction has been made to the Taylor Analogy Breakup model (TAB), which increases the breakup length
of sprays when it is used in combination with dynamic drag. To revert to pre-R16.0 behavior, set the rpvar
'dpm/spray-suite-tab-evaluate-double-ddrag? to #t, then you must open the Discreate
Phase Model dialog box and click OK for the change to take effect.
Eulerian Multiphase Models
• As a result of a correction made to the initialization of granular temperature, cases in which granular tem-
perature is initialized from a boundary value may yield slightly different results.
Parallel Processing
• ssh is now used as the default remote login protocol for distributed parallel processing. If you do not have
an ssh implementation installed and configured for password-less login, you can continue to use rsh by
using the -rsh command line option, or by selecting RSH in the Parallel tab of Fluent Launcher.
• GPGPU acceleration in Fluent now uses CUDA 6. As a result you may need to update your CUDA installation
and/or graphics driver to use the GPGPU acceleration feature.
Add-Ons
• The mesh morpher in the Adjoint module has been enhanced with the addition of a smoothness parameter
and numerical changes to improve performance. As a consequence, the expected changes reported in R16
will differ slightly from those in R15. The difference will be more noticeable where smaller numbers of control
points are used. For high values of the smoothness parameter, the R16 result will approach the R15 result.
Chapter 4: Text Command List and Settings Changes
Changes to the text command settings are listed in the tables in Modified Text Command Settings (p. 19)
and New Text Command Settings (p. 23). Each table will list the changes to each of the text command
menus. Note that the modified setting can either be a changed setting or a deleted setting, while a
new setting is one that did not exist in previous versions of Fluent.
4.1. Modified Text Command Settings

Changes to the text command settings are listed in the following tables:
• Table 4.1: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the adjoint/ Menu (p. 19)
• Table 4.2: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the define/ Menu (p. 19)
• Table 4.3: Modified Text Command/Settings for the mesh/ Menu (p. 22)
• Table 4.4: Modified Text Command/Settings for the parallel/ Menu (p. 22)
• Table 4.5: Modified Text Command/Settings for the solve/ Menu (p. 22)
Table 4.1: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the adjoint/ Menu
Fluent 15.0 TUI Menu Command Modified Command or Setting

adjoint/morphing/ This text command has been removed, and
the functionality in the morphing
sub-menu has been replaced by the
design-tool sub-menu.
Table 4.2: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the define/ Menu

define/boundary-conditions/ New prompts appear to set blending factor and
bc-settings/pressure-outlet number of bins for Average Pressure
Specification.
define/boundary-conditions/fluid New prompts appear for relative viscosity
in porous zones.
New prompts appear for 3D fan zone

settings.
define/boundary-conditions/ New prompts appear for boundary acoustic
mass-flow-inlet wave models.

pressure-inlet wave models.
Text Command List and Settings Changes

pressure-outlet wave models.
New prompts appear for average pressure

specification.
velocity-inlet wave models.
New prompts appear for wave spectrum

modeling when Open Channel Wave BC is
enabled.
define/boundary-conditions/wall A new prompt appears for enabling
particle-wall heat exchange for the discrete
phase model.
A new option (via-mapped-interface)

appears for the Thermal BC Type
prompt for mapped interfaces.
define/dynamic-mesh/zones/create New prompts appear for zones using the Six
DOF solver to enable solution stabilization.
New thermal boundary condition type for

mapped interfaces.
define/materials/change-create A new thermal conductivity option is
available for solids:
principal-axes-values
New prompts appear for Maximum Dens-

ity Ratio Limit and Minimum
Density Ratio Limit when using
compressible-liquid density method.
New prompts for diffusivity reference

pressure appear for droplet and combusting
particles.
define/mesh-interfaces/create A new prompt appears asking if this is a
mapped interface.
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/ This text command has been removed, and
deformation-settings/ replaced with:
read-scaling-factors-from-file
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/
deformation-settings/
read-motion-settings-from-file
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/ This text command has been removed, and

deformation-settings/ replaced with:
write-scaling-factors-to-file
Modified Text Command Settings

define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/
deformation-settings/
write-motion-settings-to-file
define/models/dpm/options/ This text command has been removed, and

particle-staggering replaced by 4 separate text commands:
define/models/dpm/options/
stagger-spatially-atomizer-
injections?
stagger-spatially-standard-
injections?
stagger-temporally?
staggering-factor
define/models/multiphase/ A new prompt appears for surface tension force

coupled-level-set weighting.
define/models/multiphase/options This text command has been removed, and

replaced with two text commands.
Open Channel and Open Channel Wave BC

sub-models are now enabled using:
define/models/multiphase/
vof-sub-models
Zonal Discretization is now enabled using:
regime-modeling-options
define/models/multiphase/ The prompt for solve vof every it-

volume-fraction-parameters eration? has been removed and is now
accessed from:
expert-options
define/models/shell-conduction/settings New prompts appear to allow you to use

profiles or user-defined functions for the
heat generation rate.
define/models/soot-model-parameters A new method, the Method of Moments, has
been added for the Soot model.

define/models/species/coal-calculator The prompt for setting the wet combustion
has been removed.
define/models/species/ New input prompts appear for the chemistry
integration-parameters agglomeration method.
define/phases/interaction-domain New prompts appear for implicit virtual mass and

per-phase-pair virtual mass settings if you answer
yes at the Virtual Mass prompt.
New prompts appear for Turbulence Factor

when using the cavitation models.
define/user-defined/real-gas-models/ New prompts appear to allow the creation of a
nist-real-gas-model lookup table for thermal properties of materials
modeled using single-species NIST real gas.
Table 4.3: Modified Text Command/Settings for the mesh/ Menu

mesh/polyhedra/convert-domain Now ANSYS Fluent automatically checks the
aspect ratios of cells at the boundary layer and
if it finds that they are high, ANSYS Fluent asks
if you want to preserve the boundary layer.
mesh/surface-mesh/read A new input prompt appears for the units that
the mesh was created in (default is meters).
Table 4.4: Modified Text Command/Settings for the parallel/ Menu

parallel/partition/set/ This command has been replaced by
stretched-mesh-enhancement
parallel/partition/set/
laplace-smoothing
which is available in both serial and in parallel.
Table 4.5: Modified Text Command/Settings for the solve/ Menu

solve/set/amg-options/ This command has been replaced by the
amg-gpgpu-execution commands under
solve/set/amg-options/
amg-gpgpu-options
which allow per-equation control of GPGPU

acceleration and settings.
solve/set/numerics A new prompt appears when porous zones
are present with the energy equation
enabled.
New Text Command Settings

solve/set/p-v-coupling A new prompt appears in multiphase models to
enable solving of n-phase volume fraction
equations.
solve/set/vof-numerics A new prompt appears to enable enhanced
compressible flow numerics.
4.2. New Text Command Settings

Text command settings that are new to Fluent 16.0 are listed in the following tables:
• Table 4.6: New Text Command Settings for the adjoint/ Menu (p. 23)
• Table 4.7: New Text Command Settings for the define/ Menu (p. 24)
• Table 4.8: New Text Command Settings for the display/ Menu (p. 25)
• Table 4.9: New Text Command Settings for the file/ Menu (p. 25)
• Table 4.10: New Text Command Settings for the mesh/ Menu (p. 26)
• Table 4.11: New Text Command Settings for the parallel/ Menu (p. 26)
• Table 4.12: New Text Command Settings for the report/ Menu (p. 26)
• Table 4.13: New Text Command Settings for the solve/ Menu (p. 26)
• Table 4.14: New Text Command Settings for the surface/ Menu (p. 27)
Table 4.6: New Text Command Settings for the adjoint/ Menu
Fluent 16.0 TUI Menu Command

adjoint/design-tool
adjoint/design-tool/design-conditions
adjoint/design-tool/design-change
adjoint/design-tool/numerics
adjoint/design-tool/objectives
adjoint/design-tool/region-conditions
adjoint/design-tool/region
adjoint/optimizer
adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-executing
adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-monitor

adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-reporting
adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-run
adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-settings
adjoint/optimizer/optimizer-summary
Table 4.7: New Text Command Settings for the define/ Menu

define/dynamic-mesh/controls/remeshing-parameters/parallel-remeshing?
define/mesh-interfaces/enforce-coupled-wall-between-solids?
define/mesh-interfaces/mapped-interface-solution-controls
define/mesh-interfaces/mapped-interface-tolerance
define/mesh-interfaces/use-interface-boundary-metrics?
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/deformation-settings/motion-settings/
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/deformation-settings/motion-settings/create
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/deformation-settings/motion-settings/delete
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/deformation-settings/motion-settings/modify
read-from-file
write-to-file
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/deformation-settings/set-constraints-multiple
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/create
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/delete
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/modify
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/read-from-file

define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/region/control-points/write-to-file
define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/set-control-point-distribution
define/models/multiphase/interface-modeling-options
define/models/multiphase/vof-sub-models
define/models/shell-conduction/enhanced-encapsulation?
define/models/viscous/kw-bsl?
define/models/viscous/near-wall-treatment/menter-lechner?
define/operating-conditions/gravity-mrf-rotation
define/user-defined/real-gas-models/nist-settings
Table 4.8: New Text Command Settings for the display/ Menu

display/set/mesh-display-configuration
display/objects
Table 4.9: New Text Command Settings for the file/ Menu

file/auto-save/save-data-file-every
file/export/fieldview-unstruct–surfaces
file/hdf-files?
file/hdfio-options/
file/hdfio-options/compression-level
file/hdfio-options/io-mode

file/transient-export/fieldview-unstruct–surfaces
Table 4.10: New Text Command Settings for the mesh/ Menu

mesh/polyhedra/options/migrate-and-reorder?
mesh/polyhedra/options/preserve-boundary-layer?
Table 4.11: New Text Command Settings for the parallel/ Menu

parallel/check
parallel/partition/set/laplace-smoothing
Table 4.12: New Text Command Settings for the report/ Menu

report/surface-integrals/vector-based-flux
report/surface-integrals/vector-flux
report/surface-integrals/vector-weighted-average
report/system/gpgpu-stats
report/system/time-stats
Table 4.13: New Text Command Settings for the solve/ Menu

solve/initialize/vof-patch-smooth-options/
solve/initialize/vof-patch-smooth-options/execute-smoothing
solve/initialize/vof-patch-smooth-options/set-options
solve/monitors/force/unscaled?
solve/monitors/statistic/file-basename
solve/monitors/statistic/write?
solve/monitors/statistic/x-axis

solve/set/poor-mesh-numerics/print-poor-elements-count
solve/set/poor-mesh-numerics/reset-poor-elements?
solve/set/poor-mesh-numerics/set-quality-threshold
Table 4.14: New Text Command Settings for the surface/ Menu

surface/imprint-surface
surface/multiple-zone-surfaces
surface/reset-zone-surfaces

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ANSYS, Inc. Release 16.0

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1. The Contents of This Manual

2. The Contents of the Fluent Manuals

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SPAIN and PORTUGAL

• New Features in ANSYS Fluent 16.0 (p. 3)

• Solution Changes in ANSYS Fluent (p. 13)

• Text Command List and Settings Changes (p. 19)

To access documentation files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/document-

– Adjoint Solver Module Manual

– Battery Module Manual

– Continuous Fiber Module Manual

– Fuel Cell Modules Manual

– Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module Manual

– Population Balance Manual

– Running Under LSF

– Running Under PBS Professional

– Running Under SGE

• A new text command /mesh/polyhedra/options/migrate-and-reorder? has been introduced

• A new text command display/set/mesh-display-configuration allows you to switch between

• A new text command define/mesh-interfaces/enforce-coupled-wall-between-solids?

• Heat Transfer and Radiation

• Combustion and Species Transport

• Discrete Phase Model

• Eulerian Multiphase Model

• Eulerian Wall Film Model

Cell Zone and Boundary Conditions

User-Defined Functions (UDFs) and User-Defined Scalars (UDSs)

Data Import and Export

Graphics, Postprocessing, and Reporting

(Recording Mesh Manipulation Operations and Resolving Mesh Incompatibility in Fluent)

• For Fluent (with TGrid meshing) component systems, you can:

– Porous media are now supported in the adjoint solver.

Previous case file settings are respected.

CPROPEP is still used for:

– equilibrium calculations involving empirical fuel

– PDF table generation

Discrete Phase Model

Eulerian Multiphase Models

4.1. Modified Text Command Settings

Table 4.1: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the adjoint/ Menu

Fluent 15.0 TUI Menu Command Modified Command or Setting

Table 4.2: Modified Text Commands/Settings for the define/ Menu

Fluent 15.0 TUI Menu Command Modified Command or Setting

New prompts appear for 3D fan zone

define/boundary-conditions/ New prompts appear for boundary acoustic

Fluent 15.0 TUI Menu Command Modified Command or Setting

New prompts appear for average pressure

New prompts appear for wave spectrum

A new option (via-mapped-interface)

New thermal boundary condition type for

New prompts appear for Maximum Dens-

New prompts for diffusivity reference

define/mesh-morpher-optimizer/ This text command has been removed, and

Fluent 15.0 TUI Menu Command Modified Command or Setting

define/models/dpm/options/ This text command has been removed, and

define/models/multiphase/ A new prompt appears for surface tension force

define/models/multiphase/options This text command has been removed, and

Open Channel and Open Channel Wave BC

Zonal Discretization is now enabled using: