Computer Aided Thermal Fluid Analysis Lecture 2

Dr. Ming-Jyh Chern ME NTUST

Road Map for Today

How to initialize STAR-CD? Four major modeling processes. sage o! S"T #eneration o! $ertices

prostar - Exceed
STAR-CD was coded under an X-window
environment. To run STAR-CD in MS Window, a program to transform images given ! STAR-CD is necessar!. "#ceed is a $e to reac% t%is goa$. &ou need to run e#ceed efore t%e usage of STAR-CD.

STAR-CD La ncher

prostar - Exceed

prostar

Co!!and "indo#

STAR-$U%DE

& it fro! STAR-CD

'o r Ma(or Mode)ing *rocess

'%ase ( ) Wor*ing out a mode$ing
strateg! '%ase + ) 'reprocessing - Setting up t%e f$ow mode$ using PROSTAR '%ase , ) So$ver - 'erforming t%e f$ow ana$!sis using STAR '%ase - ) 'ost-processing t%e resu$ts using PROSTAR

*hase + , "or-ing o t a Mode)ing Strategy

'$anning t%e computationa$ mes% .oo*ing up numerica$ va$ues for
appropriate p%!sica$ parameters C%oosing t%e most suita $e mode$ing option from w%at is avai$a $e.

*hase . , Setting Up the ')o# Mode) Using *rostar

Creating a computationa$ mes% to represent t%e f$ow
domain. Specif!ing t%e t%ermop%!sica$ properties of t%e f$uids and/or so$ids. Setting t%e so$ution parameters and output data formats. Specif!ing t%e $ocation and definition of oundaries and time increment. Writing appropriate data fi$es.

*hase / , *erfor!ing the ')o# Ana)ysis Using *rostar

Reading input data created ! 'rostar
and, if dea$ing wit% a restart run, t%e resu$ts of a previous run. 0udging t%e progress of t%e run ! ana$!sing various monitoring data and so$ution statistics provided ! STAR.

*hase 0 , *ost-processing the res )ts Using *rostar

Disp$a! and visua$i1e t%e o tained resu$ts. '$ot ve$ocit! vector fie$ds. '$ot contours regarding pressure, densit!
and so on. '$ot curves regarding variation of f$ow fie$ds.

STAR-CD Syste! Str ct re

*ro-STAR

STAR

'i)es in STAR-CD

Usage of Mo se
.eft ottom ) Rotation Midd$e ottom 2or .eft3Rig%t ottoms4 )
5oom Rig%t ottom - Move

1asic E)e!ents

Ce$$ 6erte# 7oundar! 7$oc* Coup$e Sp$ine Drop$et

Concept of Set
"ver! command or action in STAR-CD
on$! affects e$ements in a set. 7efore !ou give a command, !ou8d etter se$ect t%e e$ements w%ic% !ou want to modif!. T%e range of a set can e c%ec*ed via 9.ist: in 'rostar.

"hen set is sed2

'$ot resu$ts "sta $is% mode$ C%ec* mode$ 'ost-processing

Co!!on sets

cset; Ce$$ set vset; 6erte# set set; 7oundar! set sp$set; Sp$ine set 7$*set; 7$oc* set

Coordinates

<$o a$ coordinate .oca$ coordinate Cartesian coordinate C!$indrica$ coordinate Sp%erica$ coordinate

Coordinates
C%ange or view setting of coordinate
s!stem from STAR <=>de. Create and >mport <eometr!-?Create <eometric "ntities-? find vertices in t%e !e$$ow part-? c$ic* t%e icon near 9Current Coordinate S!stem:

Coordinates
Current s!stem

Co!!and 'or 3ertex $eneration

7efore !ou generate a verte#, !ou8d
etter to c%ec* w%ic% coordinate !ou use. v,(,@,@,A v,+ ,(@,@,@ vset,a$$ vp$ot

A)ternati4e "ay to $enerate a 3ertex

3ertex List
Bind verte# $ist from t%e item 96ertices: of
9.ists: in 'rostar

3ertex Too)
Bind verte# too$ from t%e item 96erte#
Too$: of 9Too$s: in 'rostar

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