Step 2: General Settings

General

1.   Check the mesh.

General Check

   ANSYS FLUENT will perform various checks on the mesh and will report the progress in the console. Ensure that the reported minimum volume is a positive number.

2.   Examine the mesh (Figure  20.2).

Extra:   You can use the right mouse button to probe for mesh information in the graphics window. If you click the right mouse button on any node in the mesh, information will be displayed in the ANSYS FLUENT console about the associated zone, including the name of the zone. This feature is especially useful when you have several zones of the same type and you want to distinguish between them quickly.

Figure 20.2: Mesh Display

3.   Retain the default settings for the pressure-based solver.

General

  The pressure-based solver must be used for multiphase calculations.