Solidworks Flow Simulation Instructor Guide: Presenter Date

SolidWorks Flow Simulation Instructor Guide
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What is SolidWorks Flow Simulation?
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation is a fluid flow and heat transfer

analysis software fully integrated in SolidWorks.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation simulates the testing of your
model's prototype in its working fluid environment. It helps
you to answer the question: What are the fluid flow effects
on the prototype and the prototype's effects on the fluid flow?
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation is used by students, designers,
analysts, engineers, and other professionals to produce
highly efficient designs and/or optimize their performance.
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Design Cycle with SolidWorks Flow Simulation
 Use SolidWorks to build the model. SolidWorks
 Use SolidWorks Flow Simulation to

simulate the object’s fluid SolidWorks Flow Simulation
environment and thermal effects.
 Based on results, modify the model
and simulate until you are satisfied Analyze
with the design.
 Manufacture the model.
No
Satisfied?
Yes
Hardware
Benefits of Analysis
 Design cycles are expensive and time-consuming.

 Analysis reduces the number of design cycles.
 Analysis reduces cost by testing your model using the
computer instead of expensive field tests.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation analysis shortens the object's way
to the market.
 Analysis can help you optimize your designs by quickly
simulating many concepts and scenarios before making a final
decision.

The Finite Volume Method
 Analytical solutions are only available for simple

problems. They make many assumptions and fail to solve
most practical problems.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation solves time-dependent
Navier-Stokes equations with the Finite Volume Method
(FVM) on a rectangular (parallelepiped) computational
mesh.
 FVM is a general approach for both simple and complex
problems. This method is among preferred methods for
fluid phenomena modeling.

Computational Domain
 Computational domain is a rectangular prism where the

calculation is performed. Computational domain’s boundary
planes are orthogonal to the Cartesian coordinate system’s
axes.
 In case of an internal problem, the computational domain
envelopes the fluid volume inside a model. If heat transfer in
walls is considered, the model walls are also included.
 In case of an external analysis, the computational domain
covers the model's surrounding space.

Types of Boundary Conditions
 Velocity, mass flow rate, volume flow rate, or pressure (static

and total) boundary conditions are specified at models' inlets
and outlets.
 Ambient fluid conditions are specified at far-field boundaries
in case of external analysis.
 Fans at models' inlets and outlets, as well as inside the
computational domain can be specified.
 Symmetry boundary conditions, as well as ideal wall can be
specified if necessary.

Types of Boundary Conditions
 The following heat boundary conditions can be specified at

the model walls in contact with fluid:
– Adiabatic wall
– Wall with specified Temperature
– Wall with specified Heat flux or Heat transfer rate
– Wall with specified Heat transfer coefficient
– Real wall with roughness
– Ideal wall (adiabatic frictionless wall)
– Moving wall (to simulate translation/rotation of a wall)

Main Steps of Analysis
 Define type of analysis, physical features, fluids and solid

materials.
 Specify boundary conditions.
 Define goals of your analysis.
 Mesh the model. This is a series of automatic steps in which
the code subdivides the model and computational domain
into computational cells.
 Run the analysis. Check convergence if needed.
 Visualize the results.

Physical Features taken into Account
 Both steady-state and time-dependent problems can be

solved. Time-dependent equations are solved by employing
local time steps.
 Flows of incompressible and compressible viscous heat-
conducting multi-species liquids and non-Newtonian liquids
can be calculated.
 Sub-, trans-, and supersonic compressible flows of viscous
heat-conducting multi-species gases can be calculated.
 Regions with different types of fluid in one model.

 Heat conduction in solids and heat radiation between to and

from solids can be calculated simultaneously.
 Heat sources can be specified at surfaces and in volumes.
 Gravitational effects can be taken into account.
 Porous media can be specified as a distributed drag.
 Surface-to-surface heat radiation and radiation to ambient.
 Global and local rotating reference frames.

 Water vapor condensation.

 Calculation of relative humidity.
 Heat sink simulation.
 Thermoelectric (Peltier) coolers.
 Cavitation in a water flow.

Analysis Background
 Time-dependent Reynolds-averaged 3D Navier-Stokes

equations using the k-e turbulence model.
 Boundary layer modeling technology for valid laminar,
turbulent or transitional boundary layers. Modeling of friction,
heat transfer and flow separation.
 Heat conductivity equation in solid, surface-to-surface
radiation heat transfer, conjugate solution of heat transfer
phenomena in solid, fluid and ambient space.

Advanced Numerical Technologies
 Automatic meshing tools allows to create mesh for any

arbitrary 3D model.
 Implicit solver with multigrid.
 Automatic tools for convergence analysis and stopping the
calculation.
 Advanced technologies for result processing and 3D
visualization.
 Automatic resolution of model and flow field peculiarities.

Goals of Analysis
 Calculation of flow field parameters (pressure, temperature,

density, velocity, concentrations, etc.) at any point, surface
or volume of computational domain.
 Calculation of temperature at every point in the model.
 Calculation of transient phenomena throughout the flow field.
 Calculation of forces and moments, aerodynamic
coefficients. Calculation of shear stress distribution produced
by the flow field.

Goals of Analysis
 Calculation of mass and volume flow rates through your

devices.
 Determination of pressure drops, hydraulic resistance.
 Calculation of heat flows, heat transfer coefficients.
 Calculation of particles trajectories in the flow field and
parameters of particle interaction with the model.

Meshing
 Meshing subdivides the model and the fluid volume into

many small pieces called cells.
 Smaller cells give more accurate results but require more
computer resources.
 You must remesh the model after any change of geometry.
Material and boundary condition parameters changes do not
require remeshing.
 Automatic meshing system will create mesh in accordance
with the specified minimum gap size, minimum wall
thickness, result resolution level.

Running Analysis
 During analysis, the program iterates towards a solution.

SolidWorks Flow Simulation provides advanced easy-to-use
tools to analyze convergence, calculation results, or
evolution of transient analysis results in time as well as tools
to preview the results without stopping the analysis.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation has a state-of-the-art, fast,
accurate and stable solver.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation has an automatic system for
stopping the analysis when it meets predefined convergence
criteria.

Visualizing Results
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation provides advanced easy-to use

tools to visualize the results: Cut, 3D-Profile and Surface
Plots (contours, isolines, vectors), Isosurfaces, XY plots,
Flow and Particle Trajectories, Animation of Results.
 SolidWorks Flow Simulation provides advanced tools to
process the results: Point, Surface and Volume Parameters,
Plots of Goals, MS Word Report.

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Image courtesy of National Optical Astronomy

 SolidWorks Flow Simulation is a fluid flow and heat transfer

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 2

 Use SolidWorks to build the model. SolidWorks

 Use SolidWorks Flow Simulation to

 Design cycles are expensive and time-consuming.

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 4

 Analytical solutions are only available for simple

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 5

 Computational domain is a rectangular prism where the

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 6

 Velocity, mass flow rate, volume flow rate, or pressure (static

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 7

 The following heat boundary conditions can be specified at

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 8

 Define type of analysis, physical features, fluids and solid

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 9

 Both steady-state and time-dependent problems can be

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 10

 Heat conduction in solids and heat radiation between to and

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 11

 Water vapor condensation.

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 12

 Time-dependent Reynolds-averaged 3D Navier-Stokes

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 13

 Automatic meshing tools allows to create mesh for any

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 14

 Calculation of flow field parameters (pressure, temperature,

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 15

 Calculation of mass and volume flow rates through your

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 16

 Meshing subdivides the model and the fluid volume into

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 17

 During analysis, the program iterates towards a solution.

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 18

 SolidWorks Flow Simulation provides advanced easy-to use

© 2006 SolidWorks Corp. Confidential. 19

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