Contents

• Using This Manual
  • What's In This Manual
  • Where to Find the Files Used in the Tutorials
  • How To Use This Manual
    • For the Beginner
    • For the Experienced User
  • Typographical Conventions Used In This Manual
• Introduction to Using ANSYS FLUENT: Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Mixing Elbow
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Launching ANSYS FLUENT
  • Step 2: Mesh
  • Step 3: General Settings
  • Step 4: Models
  • Step 5: Materials
  • Step 6: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 7: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Displaying the Preliminary Solution
  • Step 10: Enabling Second-Order Discretization
  • Step 11: Adapting the Mesh
  • Summary
• Modeling Periodic Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Periodic Conditions
  • Step 7: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling External Compressible Flow
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Operating Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Transient Compressible Flow
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Operating Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution: Steady Flow
  • Step 8: Enable Time Dependence and Set Transient Conditions
  • Step 9: Solution: Transient Flow
  • Step 10: Saving and Postprocessing Time-Dependent Data Sets
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Radiation and Natural Convection
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Solution
  • Step 7: Postprocessing
  • Step 8: Compare the Contour Plots after Varying Radiating Surfaces
  • Step 9: S2S Definition, Solution and Postprocessing with Partial Enclosure
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Discrete Ordinates Radiation Model
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Step 9: Iterate for Higher Pixels
  • Step 10: Iterate for Higher Divisions
  • Step 11: Make the Reflector Completely Diffuse
  • Step 12: Change the Boundary Type of Baffle
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using a Non-Conformal Mesh
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Operating Conditions
  • Step 6: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 7: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 8: Mesh Interfaces
  • Step 9: Solution
  • Step 10: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Flow Through Porous Media
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using a Single Rotating Reference Frame
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution Using the Standard $k$- $\epsilon$ Model
  • Step 8: Postprocessing for the Standard $k$- $\epsilon$ Solution
  • Step 9: Solution Using the RNG $k$- $\epsilon$ Model
  • Step 10: Postprocessing for the RNG $k$- $\epsilon$ Solution
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
  • References
• Using Multiple Rotating Reference Frames
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Mixing Plane Model
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Mixing Plane
  • Step 5: Materials
  • Step 6: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 7: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using Sliding Meshes
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Operating Conditions
  • Step 8: Mesh Interfaces
  • Step 9: Solution
  • Step 10: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using Dynamic Meshes
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Solution: Steady Flow
  • Step 7: Time-Dependent Solution Setup
  • Step 8: Mesh Motion
  • Step 9: Time-Dependent Solution
  • Step 10: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Species Transport and Gaseous Combustion
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Background
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Initial Solution with Constant Heat Capacity
  • Step 7: Solution with Varying Heat Capacity
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Step 9: NOx Prediction
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Non-Premixed Combustion Model
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Operating Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution
  • Step 8: Postprocessing
  • Step 9: Energy Balances Reporting
  • Summary
  • References
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Surface Chemistry
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Operating Conditions
  • Step 7: Non-Reacting Flow Solution
  • Step 8: Reacting Flow Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Evaporating Liquid Spray
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 6: Initial Solution Without Droplets
  • Step 7: Create a Spray Injection
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the VOF Model
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Phases
  • Step 6: Operating Conditions
  • Step 7: User-Defined Function (UDF)
  • Step 8: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 9: Solution
  • Step 10: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Cavitation
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Phases
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Operating Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Mixture and Eulerian Multiphase Models
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Phases
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Operating Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution Using the Mixture Model
  • Step 9: Postprocessing for the Mixture Solution
  • Step 10: Setup and Solution for the Eulerian Model
  • Step 11: Postprocessing for the Eulerian Model
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Eulerian Multiphase Model for Granular Flow
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Phases
  • Step 6: User-Defined Function (UDF)
  • Step 7: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Modeling Solidification
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: Materials
  • Step 5: Cell Zone Conditions
  • Step 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 7: Solution: Steady Conduction
  • Step 8: Solution: Transient Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
• Using the Eulerian Granular Multiphase Model with Heat Transfer
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Models
  • Step 4: UDF
  • Step 5: Materials
  • Step 6: Phases
  • Step 7: Boundary Conditions
  • Step 8: Solution
  • Step 9: Postprocessing
  • Summary
  • Further Improvements
  • References
• Postprocessing
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Adding Lights
  • Step 4: Creating Isosurfaces
  • Step 5: Contours
  • Step 6: Velocity Vectors
  • Step 7: Animation
  • Step 8: Pathlines
  • Step 9: Overlaying Velocity Vectors on the Pathline Display
  • Step 10: Exploded Views
  • Step 11: Animating the Display of Results in Successive Streamwise Planes
  • Step 12: XY Plots
  • Step 13: Annotation
  • Step 14: Saving Hardcopy Files
  • Step 15: Volume Integral Reports
  • Summary
• Turbo Postprocessing
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Mesh
  • Step 2: General Settings
  • Step 3: Defining the Turbomachinery Topology
  • Step 4: Isosurface Creation
  • Step 5: Contours
  • Step 6: Reporting Turbo Quantities
  • Step 7: Averaged Contours
  • Step 8: 2D Contours
  • Step 9: Averaged XY Plots
  • Summary
• Parallel Processing
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Problem Description
  • Preparation
  • Step 1: Starting the Parallel Version of ANSYS FLUENT
  • Step 1A: Multiprocessor Machine
  • Step 1B: Network of Computers
  • Step 2: Reading and Partitioning the Mesh
  • Step 3: Solution
  • Step 4: Checking Parallel Performance
  • Step 5: Postprocessing
  • Summary