Ansys Fluent Simulation Report

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Date 5/6/2025 04:40 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 Report Definitions
7 Plots
8 Contours
9 Vectors
10 Pathlines
System Information

Application Fluent

Settings 2d, pressure-based, SST k-omega

Version 25.1.0-10210

Source Revision 3b709034ad

Build Time Nov 26 2024 13:25:39 EST

CPU 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz

OS Windows
Geometry and Mesh

Mesh Size

Cells Faces Nodes

18507 37377 18870

Mesh Quality

Name Type Min Orthogonal Quality Max Aspect Ratio

fluid Quad Cell 0.68041247 9.8992147

Orthogonal Quality
Simulation Setup

Physics

Models

Model Settings

Space 2D

Time Steady

Viscous SST k-omega turbulence model

Heat Transfer Enabled

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)

 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)

 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

Material Name water liquid

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Laminar zone? no

Porous zone? no

Boundary Conditions
 Inlet

 inlet

Velocity Specification Method Magnitude, Normal to Boundary

Reference Frame Absolute

Velocity Magnitude [m/s] 13

Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Temperature [C] 28

Turbulence Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

 Outlet

 outlet

Backflow Reference Frame Absolute

Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Pressure Profile Multiplier 1

Backflow Total Temperature [C] 26.85

Backflow Direction Specification Method Normal to Boundary

Turbulence 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

Average Pressure Specification? no

Specify targeted mass flow rate no

 Symmetry

sym symmetry

 Wall

 wall

Wall Thickness [m] 0

Heat Generation Rate [W/m^3] 0

Material Name aluminum

Temperature [C] 77

Wall Motion Stationary Wall

Shear Boundary Condition No Slip

Wall Surface Roughness Standard

Wall Roughness Height [m] 0

Wall Roughness Constant 0.5

Convective Augmentation Factor 1

Reference Values

Area 1 m^2

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Depth 1m

Enthalpy 0 J/kg

Length 1m

Pressure 0 Pa

Temperature 288.16 C

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 fluid

Solver Settings
 Equations

Flow True

Turbulence True

Energy True

 Numerics

Absolute Velocity Formulation True

 Pseudo Time Explicit Relaxation Factors

Density 1

Body Forces 1

Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.75

Specific Dissipation Rate 0.75

Turbulent Viscosity 1
 Energy 0.75

Explicit Momentum 0.5

Explicit Pressure 0.5

 Pressure-Velocity Coupling

Type Coupled

Pseudo Time Method (Global Time Step) True

 Discretization Scheme

Pressure Second Order

Momentum First Order Upwind

Turbulent Kinetic Energy First Order Upwind

Specific Dissipation Rate First Order Upwind

Energy First Order Upwind

 Solution Limits

Minimum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 1

Maximum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 5e+10

Minimum Static Temperature [C] -272.15

Maximum Static Temperature [C] 4726.85

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

Minimum Spec. Dissipation Rate [s^-1] 1e-20

Maximum Turb. Viscosity Ratio 100000

Run Information

Number of Machines 1

Number of Cores 1

Case Read 7.174 seconds

Iteration 41.646 seconds

AMG 25.456 seconds

Virtual Current Memory 0.490387 GB

Virtual Peak Memory 0.795528 GB

Memory Per M Cell 6.97351

Iterations: 600

Value Absolute Criteria Convergence Status

continuity 0.0003198055 0.0001 Not Converged

x-velocity 2.729232e-08 1e-05 Converged

y-velocity 7.280069e-09 1e-05 Converged

energy 6.344624e-08 1e-06 Converged

k 6.953431e-08 1e-05 Converged

omega 5.744185e-08 1e-05 Converged

Report Definitions

avg-temp 28.01101 C

lift-coefficient 1.889807

drag-coefficient 4202.415

velocity-y 0 Pa

Plots

Residuals

Residuals

continuity
1.00e+0 x-velocity
y-velocity
1.00e−1 energy
k
omega
1.00e−2

1.00e−3
duals

1 00e 4
 1.00e−4

Resid 1.00e−5

1.00e−6

1.00e−7

1.00e−8

100 200 300 400 500 600

Iterations

velocity-y-rplot

velocity-y-rplot

1.00e+0
velocity-y
Area-Weighted Average of pressure (Pa)

5.00e−1

0.00e+0

−5.00e−1

−1.00e+0
100 200 300 400 500 600

iteration

drag-coefficient-rplot

drag-coefficient-rplot

drag-coefficient

4.00e+3

3.50e+3
 3.00e+3
Cd ()

2.50e+3

2.00e+3

1.50e+3

100 200 300 400 500 600

iteration

lift-coefficient-rplot

lift-coefficient-rplot

lift-coefficient

2.50e+2

2.00e+2

1.50e+2
Cl ()

1.00e+2

5.00e+1

0.00e+0

100 200 300 400 500 600

iteration
Contours

temp

vorticity-1
pressure
Vectors

vorticity-2

vector-field
Pathlines

streamline