Ansys Fluent Simulation Report

Analyst Arjun

Date 3/10/2024 07:0 PM

Table of Contents
1 System Information
2 Geometry and Mesh
2.1 Mesh Size
2.2 Mesh Quality
2.3 Orthogonal Quality
3 Simulation Setup
3.1 Physics
3.1.1 Models
3.1.2 Material Properties
3.1.3 Cell Zone Conditions
3.1.4 Boundary Conditions
3.1.5 Reference Values
3.2 Solver Settings
4 Run Information
5 Report Definitions
6 Plots
7 Contours
8 XY Plots

System Information

Application Fluent

Settings 3d, pressure-based, standard k-epsilon

Version 21.1.0-10179

Source Revision 49a2c352da

Build Time Nov 20 2020 15:49:11 EST

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics

OS Windows

Geometry and Mesh

Cells Faces Nodes

10133 21174 2178

Mesh Quality

Name Type Min Orthogonal Quality Max Aspect Ratio

surroundings_flow_channel Tet Cell 0.069209255 28.732244

Orthogonal Quality

Simulation Setup

Physics

Models

Model Settings

Space 3D

Time Steady

Viscous Standard k-epsilon turbulence model

Wall Treatment Standard Wall Functions

Material Properties

 Fluid

 air
 Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 1006.43 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 0.0242 W/(m K)

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Molecular Weight 28.966 kg/kmol

Thermal Expansion Coefficient 0

Speed of Sound none

 Solid

 aluminum

Density 2719 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 871 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 202.4 W/(m K)

Cell Zone Conditions

 Fluid

 surroundings_flow_channel

Material Name air

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Laminar zone? no

Porous zone? no

3D Fan Zone? no

Boundary Conditions

 Inlet

 inlet_velocity

Velocity Specification Method Magnitude, Normal to Boundary

Velocity Magnitude [m/s] 133

Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Turbulent Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

 Outlet

 outlet_pressure

Backflow Reference Frame Absolute

Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Pressure Profile Multiplier 1

Backflow Direction Specification Method Normal to Boundary

Turbulent Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Backflow Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Backflow Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

Backflow Pressure Specification Total Pressure

Build artificial walls to prevent reverse flow? no

Radial Equilibrium Pressure Distribution no

Average Pressure Specification? no

Specify targeted mass flow rate no

 Wall

 wall-surroundings_flow_channel

Wall Motion Stationary Wall

Shear Boundary Condition No Slip

Wall Roughness Height [m] 0

Wall Roughness Constant 0.5

Reference Values

Area 1 m^2

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Length 1m

Pressure 0 Pa

Temperature 288.16 K

Velocity 1 m/s

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Ratio of Specific Heats 1.4

Yplus for Heat Tran. Coef. 300

Reference Zone surroundings_flow_channel

Solver Settings

 Equations

Flow True

Turbulence True

 Numerics

Absolute Velocity Formulation True

 Pseudo Transient Explicit Relaxation Factors

Density 1

Body Forces 1

Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.75

Turbulent Dissipation Rate 0.75

Turbulent Viscosity 1

Explicit Momentum 0.5

Explicit Pressure 0.5

 Pressure-Velocity Coupling

Type Coupled

Pseudo Transient True

 Discretization Scheme

Pressure Second Order

Momentum Second Order Upwind

Turbulent Kinetic Energy Second Order Upwind

Turbulent Dissipation Rate Second Order Upwind

Minimum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 1

Maximum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 5e+10

Minimum Temperature [K] 1

Maximum Temperature [K] 5000

Minimum Turb. Kinetic Energy [m^2/s^2] 1e-14

Minimum Turb. Dissipation Rate [m^2/s^3] 1e-20

Maximum Turb. Viscosity Ratio 100000

Run Information

Number of Machines 1

Number of Cores 1

Case Read 5.174 seconds

Data Read 0.182 seconds

Virtual Current Memory 0.21611 GB

Virtual Peak Memory 0.219566 GB

Memory Per M Cell 6.96946

Report Definitions

cd-1 5.303956

d-1 0.2877308

Plots

Residuals

1.00e+0 continuity
x-velocity
1.00e−1 y-velocity
z-velocity
1.00e−2 k
epsilon
ls
 epsilon
1.00e−3

residua
1.00e−4

1.00e−5

1.00e−6

1.00e−7
0 50 100 150 200 250

iterations

cd-1-rplot

5.31e+0
cd-1

5.30e+0

5.30e+0
Cd ()

5.29e+0

5.29e+0

5.29e+0
0 20 40 60 80

iteration
 cd-1-rplot

5.31e+0
cd-1

5.30e+0

5.30e+0
Cd ()

5.29e+0

5.29e+0

5.29e+0
0 20 40 60 80

iteration

d-1-rplot

2.90e−1 d-1

2.85e−1

2.80e−1
Cl ()

2.75e−1

2.70e−1

2.65e−1
0 20 40 60 80

iteration

Contours
XY Plots

Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)

7.00e+1
wall-surroundings_flow_channel

6.00e+1

5.00e+1

4.00e+1

3.00e+1
Turbulent Kinetic
2.00e+1

1.00e+1

0.00e+0
−0.100 −0.050 0.000 0.050 0.100

Position (m)