ANSYS FLUENT 12.0 User's Guide - Index

Index - M

Mach number 246 355 360 984

Macro Heat Exchanger Group dialog box 1035

macros 818 498

magnifying the display 909 905 905

Manage Adaption Registers dialog box 1385 865

manuals, using the 2

mapping data 148

Marangoni stress 250 250

Marc POST files, importing 110

Mass-Flow Inlet dialog box 1118 241

mass diffusion

to surfaces 527

mass diffusion coefficients 984 516 984 323 319

about 318

full multicomponent 320

inputs for 322

kinetic theory 322

using Fick's Law 319

Mass Diffusion Coefficients dialog box 322 1084 322

mass flow inlet boundary 238 241

limitations 241

special considerations 241

mass flow rate 959 341 241

mass flow split 247

mass flux 241 958

mass fraction 984

mass source terms, defining 235

mass sources 235

mass transfer

see also discrete phase, multiphase flow

material properties, checking 830

Material Properties dialog box 1060

materials 276

copying from the database 277

creating new 277

database 516 276 514

data sources 277

user-defined 278

deleting 277

discrete phase 701 277 703 694

mixture 277 514

modifying 277

PDF mixture 580

renaming 277

reordering 277

saving 277

Materials task page 342 277 305 305 1054

Maxwell-Stefan equations 320

mean beam length 314

mean flow quantities 810

mean mixture fraction 235

Mechanical APDL files 177

exporting 120

after a calculation 123

during a transient calculation 123

importing 100

mapping data with 149

Mechanical APDL Input files, exporting 124 120

during a transient calculation 140

melting and solidification

see solidification and melting

memory usage 196

in multigrid 792 794

menu bar 26

menu commands, character strings 66

Merge Zones dialog box 203 1326

merging zones 203

meridional view 916

Mesh/Fuse... 205 205

Mesh/Info/Memory Usage 196

Mesh/Info/Partitions 198

Mesh/Info/Quality 167

Mesh/Info/Size 195

Mesh/Info/Zones 197

Mesh/Merge... 203

mesh/modify-zones/extrude-face-zone-delta 210 201 200

mesh/modify-zones/extrude-face-zone-para 201 200 210

mesh/modify-zones/fuse-face-zones 205 205

mesh/modify-zones/make-periodic 206

mesh/modify-zones/matching-tolerance 206 205

mesh/modify-zones/mrf-to-sliding-mesh 391

mesh/modify-zones/orient-face-zone 209

mesh/modify-zones/repair-periodic 193

mesh/modify-zones/slit-face-zone 208

mesh/modify-zones/slit-periodic 207

Mesh/Polyhedra/Convert Domain 200

Mesh/Polyhedra/Convert Skewed Cells... 201

Mesh/Reorder/Domain 212

Mesh/Reorder/Print Bandwidth 212

Mesh/Reorder/Zones 212

Mesh/Rotate... 215

Mesh/Separate/Cells... 204

Mesh/Separate/Faces... 204

Mesh/Smooth/Swap... 870 870

Mesh/Translate... 214

Mesh/Zone/Activate... 211

Mesh/Zone/Append Case & Data Files... 1331 183

Mesh/Zone/Append Case File... 1330 183

Mesh/Zone/Deactivate... 211

Mesh/Zone/Delete... 211

Mesh/Zone/Replace... 211

mesh 984

adaption 841

coarsening

based on gradient 848

near walls 857

filters

partition 1004

tpoly 1000

interfaces

creating 391

deleting 391

motion of 365

partitioning 998

automatic 1001

check 1005

filter 1004

guidelines 1002

hexcore meshes 1000

inputs for 1001 1003

interpreting statistics 1005

manual 1002

methods 1004

METIS 1004

optimizations 1004

preparing for 1000

report 1003

statistics 1003

within registers 1003

within zones 1003

polyhedra

converting hexcore cells to 1000

limitations 844

refinement 235 842 844

anisotropic 859

at boundaries 845

based on cell volume 855

based on gradient 847

based on isovalue 851

dynamic 849

in a region 853

near walls 857

requirements

dynamic meshes 396 396 396 396 396 396

multiple reference frames 373

rotating flow 352

rotating reference frame 372

sliding meshes 390

swirling flow 352

turbulence 409

volume of fluid (VOF) model 722

resolution 409 844 842

rotating reference frames 365

setup constraints

dynamic meshes 396 396 396 396 396 396

multiple reference frames 373

rotating flow 352

rotating reference frame 372

sliding meshes 390

swirling flow 352

turbulence 409

volume of fluid (VOF) model 722

setup time 842

smoothing 870

spacing at walls

in laminar flows 250

in turbulent flows 857 409

units of 157

velocity 984

Mesh Adaption Controls dialog box 1386 869

Mesh Colors dialog box 1018

Mesh Display dialog box 1015 891

Mesh Interfaces task page 1131

Mesh Method Settings dialog box 1134

Mesh Motion dialog box 1145 404

mesh motion methods 396

feature detection 396

volume mesh update 397

mesh requirements

SST transition model 410

Mesh Scale Info dialog box 1135 396

meshes 160

accuracy

cell shape 167

smoothness 167

activating zones 211

adaption 167

aspect ratio 167 164 167

C-type 205

checking 190

face handedness 191

face node order 191

polyhedral cells 191

quality 167

choosing type of 164

colors when displaying 891

computational expense 164

connectivity, face-node 163

converting to polyhedra 199 200

deactivating zones 211

deleting zones 211

displaying 891

extrusion 210

face-node

hex cells 163

polyhedral cells 163

pyramidal cells 163

quadrilateral cells 163

tetrahedral cells 163

triangular cells 163

wedge cells 163

files 79

reading multiple 183 205

filters

fe2ram 179

fl42seg 172

tmerge 183

hexcore 200 201

importing 168

ANSYS CFX files 178

ANSYS FIDAP files 182

CGNS 102

FLUENT/UNS files 180

FLUENT 4 files 181

GAMBIT files 169

GeoMesh files 170

I-deas files 174

ICEM CFD files 173

Mechanical APDL files 177

NASTRAN files 175

PATRAN files 176

PreBFC files 172

RAMPANT files 180

TGrid files 171

interfaces 186

creating 189 189

deleting 189

setting up 213

manipulating 160

memory usage 196

modifying zones 211

multiblock 183 205

non-conformal 185

algorithm 187

requirements 188

setting up 189

O-type 205

partitioning

METIS 118

report 198

statistics 198

periodic repeats interface option 189 186 391

periodicity

conformal 206

non-conformal 186

polyhedra

adaption 200

advantages 199

converting domain to 200

converting skewed cells to 201 201

face-node connectivity 163

hanging nodes 200 201

limitations 200 201

quality

accuracy 167

aspect ratio 167

node density and clustering 167

stability 167

reading 160 168

see also meshes, importing

recommendations 164

reordering

about 212

domain 212

zones 212

repairing

duplicate shadow nodes 193

face handedness 192

face node order 192

replacing zones 211

requirements 166

axisymmetric 166

non-conformal 188

periodic 166

resolution 164 167

rotating 215

scaling 213

setup constraints 166

axisymmetric 166

non-conformal 188

periodic 166

setup time 164

size 195

skewness 167 164

spacing at walls 167

squish index 167

statistics, reporting of 194

topologies 161

examples of 162

hexahedral 161

polyhedral 161

quadrilateral 161

tetrahedral 161

triangular 161

translation 214

types of 161

which types to use 164

zone information 197

message passing library 990

METIS 118 1004

Microsoft Job Scheduler 994

job scheduling 992

MiniVAS Settings dialog box 1416

Mirror Planes dialog box 1214 912

mirroring the domain 912

mixed convection 786 470

see also natural convection

inputs for 470

mixing plane model 371

enthalpy conservation 382

fixing the pressure level 382

model compatibility 1459

patching values 801

pressure boundary conditions in 382

setup 382

solution initialization 800

solution procedures 385

swirl conservation 382

velocity formulation in 382

with non-reflecting boundary conditions 258

Mixing Planes dialog box 1353 382

mixing rate 515 726 516

mixture diffusivity 341

mixture fraction

boundary conditions 577

secondary 984

variance 984

secondary 984

mixture materials 514 277

creating 516

PDF 580

mixture multiphase model

see also multiphase flow

body forces 725

droplet diameter 739

model compatibility 1459

patching initial volume fraction 759

properties 739 739

solution strategies 761

mixture properties 516 516

model selections, checking 828

Models task page 1019

modified turbulent viscosity 984

modifying zones 211

molar concentration of species 984

mole fraction

soot 984

species 984

molecular heat transfer coefficient 326 597

molecular viscosity 984

molecular weight 289 516 290

moment coefficient

see also forces

Moment Monitor dialog box 814 1158

moment report 962

moments

coefficients of 814 962 961 971

reporting 961

momentum accommodation coefficient 516

momentum source terms, defining 235

momentum sources 235

momentum thickness Re 984

monitoring

drag coefficients 814

forces and moments 807

coefficients of 814

lift coefficients 814

moment coefficients 814

residuals 812

solution convergence 811

statistics 813

surfaces 815 807

volume integrals 816

Monitors task page 1153

Moss-Brookes-Hall soot formation model 651

Moss-Brookes soot formation model 651

coal-derived soot extension 651

mouse

functions 905

GAMBIT-style 905

manipulation 905 904

probe 905

Mouse Buttons dialog box 905 1417

moving domains, model compatibility for 1459

moving mesh 365

moving reference frames 365

patching values 801

postprocessing 893

solution initialization 800

moving walls 250

MPEG file 924 824

MSC Marc 110

mud 297

multi-stage scheme

controls for 797

modifying 797

stability 789

multiblock meshes 183 205

multicomponent diffusion 320

theory 320

multicomponent diffusion model 318

multigrid solver

aggregative 793

algebraic (AMG)

inputs for 793

coarsening parameters 794

default parameters 794

flexible cycle 793

full-approximation storage (FAS)

creating coarse grid levels for 792

inputs for 792 795

levels 792

full (FMG) 802

convergence strategies 804

using 803

inputs for

algebraic (AMG) 793

full-approximation storage (FAS) 795 792

limitations 792

memory usage 794 792

performance monitoring 793

residual reduction tolerance 793

selective 793

termination criteria 793

turning off 794 795

V cycle 793

W cycle 793

with parallel solver 793

multiphase flows

body forces 725 725

boundary conditions 729

compressible 741 736 748

Eulerian model

see also Eulerian multiphase model

heterogeneous reactions 727

inputs for 720

cavitation model 740

heat transfer in Eulerian model 747

mass transfer 728

mixture model

see also mixture multiphase model

model compatibility 1459

postprocessing 764

dense discrete phase model 765

wet steam flow 765

reporting flow rates 769

solution strategies 757

solving wet steam flow 763

user-defined scalar transport equations 342

using the wet steam model 751

volume of fluid (VOF) model

see also volume of fluid (VOF) model

wet steam model

properties 752

UDF 753

multiphase model

coupled solution 758

Multiphase Model dialog box 721 1020

multiphase species transport 726

postprocessing 765

multiple-selection list 31

multiple graphics windows 899

multiple reference frames 369

boundary conditions 381

discrete phase in 669 370

for axisymmetric flow 370

mesh setup 381 373

model compatibility 1459

patching values 801

pathlines 370

postprocessing 893 386 973

pressure boundary conditions in 381

restrictions of 370 370

setup 381

solution initialization 800

solution strategies 384

steady flow approximation 370 370

velocity formulation in 370 381

multiple surface reactions model 535

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