A.1 Installing the MHD Module

Before using the MHD module, you first need to install the necessary files onto your computer. These files are provided with your standard installation of ANSYS FLUENT. They can be found in your installation area in a directory called addons/mhd. The MHD module is loaded into ANSYS FLUENT through the text user interface (TUI)

define $\rightarrow$ models $\rightarrow$ addon-module

only after a valid ANSYS FLUENT case file has been set or read.

Once the MHD model is installed, beneath the mhd directory there are two subdirectories: a lib directory, and a directory corresponding to your specific architecture, ntx86 for example. The lib directory holds a Scheme code called addon.bin that contains the MHD module graphical interface. The specific architecture directory, ntx86 for example, contains the following subdirectories that hold various ANSYS FLUENT files:

    2d          2ddp          3d          3ddp
    2d_host     2ddp_host     3d_host     3ddp_host
    2d_node     2ddp_node     3d_node     3ddp_node