In today's post, I would like to introduce you to a simple tutorial on the phenomenon of melting material. Our hero will be wax which we will melt with the help of a given heat flux. Of course, in Ansys Fluent we can simulate both melting and solidification.
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| Melting a wax in Ansys Fluent |
You've often wondered what could be the reason why your simulation crashes and an overflow error pops up. Today I would like to introduce you seven tips on what could be causing this error and how to deal with it.
Very often we need to define a given area / zone / separated fragment with one variable. For example, it could be the average temperature of the model's cross-section as a function of time. For this type of operation, the function of defining your own variables from the level of postprocessing is very useful.
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| Own Variables in Postprocessing in Ansys |
An important element of the analysis is the ability to define variable material properties depending, for example, on temperature. The Ansys Fluent program offers many options that will allow us to model the material in this way. One such feature is Piecewise Linear.
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| Table definition by Piecewise Linear Option in Ansys Fluent |
In today's episode of Radiator Game I would like to present you a thermal analysis of a room for walls insulated in a modern way, i.e. with polystyrene and cellular concrete. Of course, we will perform the simulation using the virtual layers method on the boundary condition of the model walls.
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| Modern Walls Analysis in Ansys Fluent |
A very interesting option in post-processing in Ansys is the generation of 3D distributions that can be easily done using the IsoSurfaces function. We can distribute any variable by defining ranges of values of different sizes. The entire graphic design of the generated distribution also depends on us. When it comes to IsoSurfaces, we have a very wide range of modular possibilities with this function.
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| Velocity 3D Distribution of Bullet Fly |
In the second part of Radiator Game I would like to show you a different approach to modulating insulation on walls or heat flow resistance on windows using defined virtual layers in Ansys Fluent. In this regard, this program offers many more possibilities than the good old CFX.
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| Radiator Game with old construction wall |
