Each Monday, we like to give you a quick snapshot of the ANSYS webinars, seminars and other events of interest that are scheduled for the coming week. Today, I’d also like to take a moment to remind you that if you have missed any of our past webinars, you can find recordings in our Resource Library.
Here’s just a quick look at a few of the ANSYS webinars on tap this week. The full calendar is at the end of this post.
ANSYS Webinars – Including our Ask the Expert Series
Predicting Boiling Heat Transfer in IC Engine Cooling Jackets with ANSYS Fluent
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
4:00 pm EST, 9:00pm GMT (REGISTER)
There has been a change in the thermal management of IC engines where engineers now like to harness the superior cooling rates available when limited and controlled Nucleate Boiling is used to remove heat from high temperature zones. Any flaws in the design of such systems, such as uncontrolled heat transfer that leads to Film Boiling (Dry out condition), can have an adverse effect on the cooling performance. A detailed boiling heat transfer model for this design process would allow engineers not only to weed out flawed coolant passages early, but also to accurately predict the temperature for subsequent analysis like thermal stress analysis in solid, IC engine combustion analysis etc.
In this webinar, a CFD model for boiling heat transfer will be presented. This model is developed using Mixture Multiphase framework. 1-D correlations for boiling heat transfer at the wall are adapted for 3-D CFD environment and validated against experimental results. The working fluid is 50% aqueous-ethylene-glycol, typical antifreeze mixture used in IC engine cooling. For mass transfer inside the engine jacket Evaporation–Condensation model is used, which is a built-in model in ANSYS Fluent. The results obtained from a typical IC engine water jacket geometry will be discussed.
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Mesh Connection Options in ANSYS Mechanical 14.0
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
9:00 am EST, 2:00 pm GMT (REGISTER)
ANSYS Mechanical offers many options for joining together assemblies such as, MPC contact, penalty based contact, mesh connections, conformal meshes, multi-body parts, and joints. For many situations multiple options exist, but it is often unclear which approach is preferred for each application.
This webinar will explain the various mesh connection options available in ANSYS Mechanical 14.0. It will highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each option for particular applications.
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