Ansys Fluent Simulation Report

Analyst Anand Nair

Date 9/15/2023 09:59 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 Solution Status
6 Named Expressions
7 Report Definitions
8 Plots

System Information

Application Fluent

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

Version 23.2.0-10212

Source Revision 27b6146783

Build Time May 29 2023 07:59:57 EDT

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with Radeon Graphics

OS Windows

Geometry and Mesh

Mesh Size
Cells Faces Nodes

11534 28283 5418

Mesh Quality
Name Type Min Orthogonal Quality Max Aspect Ratio

solid Mixed Cell 0.20841803 31.134726

Orthogonal Quality

Simulation Setup

Physics

Models
Model Settings

Space 3D
 Model Settings

Time Steady

Viscous Realizable k-epsilon turbulence model

Wall Treatment Standard Wall Functions

Material Properties
 Fluid

 water-liquid

Density 998.2 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 4182 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 0.6 W/(m K)

Viscosity 0.001003 kg/(m s)

Molecular Weight 18.0152 kg/kmol

 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

 Solid

 steel

Density 8030 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 502.48 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 16.27 W/(m K)

 aluminum

Density 2719 kg/m^3

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

Thermal Conductivity 202.4 W/(m K)

Cell Zone Conditions

 Fluid

 solid

Material Name water liquid

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 Specification Method Magnitude, Normal to Boundary

 Reference Frame Absolute

Velocity Magnitude [m/s] 10

Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Turbulent Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

Note: Reinjected particles do not change their injection association no

 Outlet

 outlet

Backflow Reference Frame Absolute

Gauge Pressure [Pa] 101325

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

Note: Reinjected particles do not change their injection association no

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

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

Enthalpy 0 J/kg

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

Solver Settings
 Equations
 Flow True

Turbulence True

 Numerics

Absolute Velocity Formulation True

 Under-Relaxation Factors

Pressure 0.3

Density 1

Body Forces 1

Momentum 0.7

Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.8

Turbulent Dissipation Rate 0.8

Turbulent Viscosity 1

 Pressure-Velocity Coupling

Type SIMPLE

 Discretization Scheme

Pressure Second Order

Momentum Second Order Upwind

Turbulent Kinetic Energy First Order Upwind

Turbulent Dissipation Rate First Order Upwind

 Solution Limits

Minimum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 1

Maximum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 5e+10

Minimum Static Temperature [K] 1

Maximum Static 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 2

Case Read 10.403 seconds

Iteration 0.635 seconds

AMG 0.181 seconds

Virtual Current Memory 0.814579 GB

Virtual Peak Memory 0.817871 GB

Memory Per M Cell 17.7684

Solution Status
Iterations: 52

Value Absolute Criteria Convergence Status

continuity 0.0008963097 0.001 Converged

x-velocity 3.432165e-06 0.001 Converged

y-velocity 3.819172e-06 0.001 Converged

z-velocity 1.180801e-05 0.001 Converged

k 0.0002334832 0.001 Converged

epsilon 7.676789e-05 0.001 Converged

Named Expressions

Expression Definition Value Unit Used In Description

loss_total_pressur Average(TotalPressure,['inlet'],Weight = 1316.991 [Pa] report-def-0

e 'AbsMassFlowRate')- Average(TotalPressure, 3 (Report Definition)
['outlet'],Weight = 'AbsMassFlowRate')

Report Definitions

report-def-0 1316.991 Pa

Plots

Residuals

Residuals

1.00e+0 continuity
x-velocity
1.00e−1 y-velocity
z-velocity
k
1.00e−2
Residuals

epsilon

1.00e−3

1.00e−4

1.00e−5

10 20 30 40 50

Iterations
report-def-0-rplot

report-def-0-rplot

0.00e+0 report-def-0
Expression: report-def-0 (Pa)

−5.00e+4

−1.00e+5

−1.50e+5

−2.00e+5

−2.50e+5

−3.00e+5
10 20 30 40 50

iteration

report-plot-0

loss total pressure

0.00e+0 report-def-0
Expression: report-def-0 (Pa)

−5.00e+4

−1.00e+5

−1.50e+5

−2.00e+5

−2.50e+5

−3.00e+5
10 20 30 40 50

iteration