Computer
exercise
1
Applied
Computational
Fluid
Dynamics
MVK150
The
purpose
of
the
exercise
is
to
get
familiar
with
FLUENT.
All
three
steps
in
a
typical
CFD
simulation
are
discussed,
i.e.
preprocessing,
solving
and
post
processing
a
flow
through
a
bent
pipe
with
two
inlets.
1. Start
ANSYS
Workbench
and
open
the
case
pipen.wbpj.
A
screenshot
is
bellow
in
Fig.
1
and
try
to
get
familiar
with
the
workbench
environment.
Figure
1
Ansys
Workbench
2. Next
step
is
to
examine
the
geometry
of
the
pipe.
Start
Designmodeller
by
double-clicking
the
Geometry.
Press
the
Sketching
option
and
examine
the
size
of
inlet,
the
pipe
and
outlet.
Figure
2
Ansys
Designmodeller
What
is
the
size
of
the
Inlet1?
3. Start
Ansys
Meshing
by
double-clicking
Mesh.
Examine
the
mesh
and
answer
the
following
questions:
Under
Sizing
hat
is
the
Min
Size
and
Max
size
of
the
cell?
Under
Statistics,
how
many
Elements
and
Nodes
do
we
have?
Figure
3
Ansys
Meshing
4. Open
FLUENT
by
double-clicking
Setup
and
answer
the
following
questions.
Under
General,
is
the
case
setup
steady
or
transient?
Figure
4
Ansys
Fluent
Under
Models,
which
are
the
governing
equations
used?
Why
are
we
not
using
energy
equation?
Under
Material,
double-click
air
and
calculate
the
Reynolds
number
using
those
values
and
the
!"#
length
from
Inlet1.
!" = =
!
Check
the
boundary
condition
for
both
inlets
and
the
outlet.
Under
Solution=>Solution
Methods,
which
Scheme,
Spatial
Discretization
and
Transient
Formulation
are
we
using?
Examine
the
Residuals
under
Monitors,
what
is
the
Absolut
Criteria
for
all
three
equations?
Under
Solution
Initialization
press
Initialize
and
under
Run
Calculation
press
Calculate
after
writing
down
the
Time
Step
Size
and
Number
of
Time
Steps
Modify
the
time
step
by
increasing
and
decreasing
the
time
step
by
a
factor
of
10,
what
happens?
5. Open
CFD-Post
by
double-clicking
Results
in
Workbench.
Double-click
symmetry
plane
1
and
look
at
velocity
in
both
direction
as
well
as
the
pressure.
Create
a
vector
and
a
streamline
plot
for
a
qualitative
comparison
as
well
as
a
line
plot
of
velocity
for
quantitative
comparison.
Figure
5
Ansys
CFD-Post
As
a
final
task,
restart
Fluent
and
test
at
least
two
different
discretization
schemes
by
comparing
a
line
plot
as
mentioned
above.
Good
Luck!