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Transferring Forces from Fluent to System Coupling

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A common question I hear from System Coupling users, particularly when using an operating pressure in ANSYS Fluent other than atmospheric pressure, is “Which pressure is used when transferring forces from Fluent to System Coupling and how do I change it?”.

The simple answer is that the forces passed to System Coupling are based on the gauge (or solved) pressure in Fluent by default. More accurately, the gauge pressure minus the Reference Pressure is used, but the Reference Pressure is zero by default so this is equivalent to the gauge pressure.

Before going further let’s review the Operating Pressure, Reference Pressure and gauge pressure.

The Operating Pressure in Fluent should be set to a typical absolute pressure in the system. Pressures set at boundary conditions are then specified relative to the Operating Pressure. Often the Operating Pressure is set to the absolute pressure at an outlet, and then a relative (gauge) pressure of zero is set at the outlet boundary condition(s). Continue reading →

Last Minute Gift for the Holidays: How About a Robot Dragonfly Created with ANSYS Software?

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Desperately searching for a gift for my nephew Dominick, I came across this article about a flying robotic Dragonfly that the Air Force has spent more than $1 million developing.

My first thought was ‘what kid wouldn’t want a flying insect that weighs less than one AA battery equipped with a camera that can be operated with an iPhone?’

My next thought was ‘Wait, a minute, I’m not shopping for myself.’

My third thought was ‘I’ve recently read about this device being created with ANSYS software.’

The Georgia Institute of Technology submitted this story and image to our 2013 Hall of Fame competition that has concluded. (Results coming, stay tuned.)

MAV Wing CFD

Here is what they told us: Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars, Events and Seminars This Week – Nov 5

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsEach 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. Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars and Events This Week – Sept 3

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsSeptember has arrived and in the US with the Labor Day picnics well under way and students are back on campus. Why not get your plan for for learning in order as well. ANSYS webinars and events are the perfect way to boost your knowledge and expertise in simulation engineering. Let’s get started with our list of this weeks opportunities!

ANSYS Webinars, Seminars and Events This Week

Curious About Making User Defined Functions in ANSYS Fluent?

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
9:00 am EDT, 1:00 pm GMT (REGISTER HERE)

ANSYS Fluent is a general CFD solver. To make it even more flexible you have the possibility to write your own functions to work together with the solver. Writing UDF:s can get very complicated and be as versatile as the applications themselves. This webinar aims at showing the basic process of writing and using an UDF. This will be done by showing how to define a profile, which is general and simple enough to be of use for any ANSYS Fluent user. In more detail the topics included will be:

  • Writing the C-code
  • Interpreting or Compiling the code
  • Hooking the code in the GUI
  • Running the simulation with a UDF
  • Questions and answers Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinar and Events This Week – Aug 13

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image of Learning text on a keyboardThis week we have Part 1 of a 3-Part ANSYS Webinar series dissecting the topic of multiphase flow modeling. To get a little precursor you might want to read our recent post entitled Multiphase Flow: Pentium to Dual Quad Core.

Ask-The-Expert: Part 1 – Introduction to Multiphase Models in ANSYS CFD

Wednesday, August 15, 2012
4:00 pm EDT, 8:00 pm GMT (REGISTER HERE)

Multiphase flow modeling tools have truly become a wide-spread and mature technology to gain insights into the flow characteristics of a broad range of multiphase flows. A survey of trade journal articles and scholarly publications attests to the increasing impact of multiphase flow modeling in solving everyday design and engineering challenges. Continue reading →

Multiphase Flow: Pentium to Dual Quad Core

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My smartphone today is more powerful than the first computer I ran my simulations on in the late 1990s. Moore’s law (which you can find more about on the ANSYS website) and detailed engineering simulations are making a difference in how we practice engineering design today. I hope to do the same in advancing multiphase flow modeling.

Dam break simulation: comparison of experiment (grey) and simulation (color) at different times, white regions correspond to breaking waves in the experiment - Courtesy of Technical University of Berlin

In a recent issue of Chemical Engineering Science, there is a scholarly article by Durve and Patwardhan that contains a symbolic illustration of the advances made in multiphase flow modeling. Using an interface-resolved multiphase CFD model in ANSYS Fluent (LES + VOF), the authors study the problem of onset of gas entrainment, or surface aeration, in liquids. This is an important process in air–sea gas exchange (a component of global climate dynamics), the operability and safety of  nuclear reactors, water treatment plants and other applications. In general, simulation provides insights into the mechanism of surface aeration and the local conditions that lead to the start of gas entrainment; for the Chemical Engineering Science study, it provided verifiable hypotheses that have since been validated using experiments. Quantitative predictions were also good when considering the complexity of the calculations (within 15 percent of experimental values). Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars and Events This Week – July 30

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image of Learning text on a keyboardThis week we have two ANSYS webinars, one of which is a continuation of our Ask the Expert Series.

Kicking off today is the 20th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering & ASME Power Conference in Anaheim, California. The focus of ICONE is on the technical state-of-the-art and the current status of nuclear power around the world.  ANSYS experts will be on hand in Booth #410 to answer your questions, so please stop by and say hello.

On Thursday, Aug. 2nd, in Portland, Maine, join us for a full-day seminar providing an in-depth technical overview of ANSYS design and analysis software for marine applications. This event is free.

Our Ask the Expert series hosts Part 1 of a 3-part series covering multiphase models in ANSYS CFD. Register today!

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