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Workshop03 MultiSpeciesFlowand Postprocessing
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In this workshop you will analyze the release of heat and combustion gases from a single car with an engine fire in a ventilated parking garage. The simulation will be run steady state assuming the fire has reached a stable developed stage. Simulation Physics & Boundary Conditions
Mixture of N2, O2, CO2 and H20 0.1 kg/s combustion gases (H2O and CO2) at 1200 K 80 N/m3 momentum source in jets
Air Outlet pressure_outlet_all_air
Heat and gas release from fire mass_flow_inlet_car_fire_source Jet Fan fluid_jet_fan Fresh Air Inlet velocity_inlet_fresh_air
Symmetry Plane symmetry
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NOTE:
Thisworkshophasbeendesignedtobecompletedinoneoftwoways.Please
checkwithyourtraineronwhetheryouaretotaketheshortorlongoption.
[ShortOption]Thisworkshopcanbeusedjusttodemonstratepost
processinginCFDPost.Prepreparedresultsfilesaresupplied,sopleasejump straighttopage26forpostprocessing
[LongOption]Followalltheinstructions,whichwilldemonstratehowtoset
upamultispeciessimulationofacarfire.Oncethemodelissetup,youcan choosetowaitforittoconverge,orthenreplaceyourresultswiththe suppliedprepreparedset.
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LearningAims:
Thefirstpartofthisworkshopwillshowhowtosetupamultispeciesproblem. Thedomainwillcontainablendofseveraldifferentgases(nitrogen,oxygen, carbondioxide,watervapour)
Othertopicsthatwillbeintroducedare:
Includinggravitational(buoyancy)effects Settingamomentumsourcetermtoaccountforajetfan
LearningObjectives:
TounderstandhowCFXcanbeusedtosimulatemixturesoffluids,andaccount forbuoyancyeffects.Notethatamultispeciesproblemlikethisassumesthat thecomponentsaremixedatamolecularlevel(asnormallyhappenswithgases). Thealternativeisamultiphaseproblemwherethereisanidentifiableboundary betweenthecomponents(eitherdroplets/particles/bubbles,orafree surface).MultiphaseworkshopsincludeWorkshop2(DPM)andWorkshop7 (TankFlush)
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StartingWorkbench
OpenWorkbench
Start>Programs>ANSYS14.0>Workbench14.0 DragaCFXAnalysisSystemintotheprojectschematic RenamethesystemtoGarage(RMBoncellA1torenamethesystem)
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ImportingtheMesh
RightclickonMeshandselectImportMeshFile
SetthemeshfiltertoFLUENTFiles(*.cas,*.msh) Selectcar_and_garage.mshandclickOpen
RightclickSetupandselectEdittoopen
CFXPre
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MaterialSpecification
IntheOutlinetree,rightclickMaterialsand
selectInsert>Material
SettheNametoMixtureandclickOK SetOptiontoVariableCompositionMixture ForMaterialsList,clicktheicontotherightofthe

dropdownlist,andthenclicktheImport LibraryDataicon(asshownontheupperright) UnderGasPhaseCombustion,holddownthe<Ctrl> keyasyouselectthefollowingmaterials: CO2,H2O,N2,O2 ClickOKtoimportthemandclosetheImportform Now,selectthesameMaterialsundertheMaterials Listform ClickOKtoclosetheMaterialsListform ClickOKtocompletespecifyingtheMixture
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DomainSpecification

DoubleclickDefaultDomain SettheMaterialtoMixture SettheReferencePressureto1[atm] SetBuoyancyModeltoBuoyant
SettheXandYdirectionsto0[m/s^2] SettheZdirectiontotheexpression:g
YouneedtoclicktheEnterExpression icontoenterthisexpression SettheBuoyancyRef.Densityto 1.1989[kg/m^3]
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OperatingConditions
Notes: ANSYSCFX avoidstheproblemofroundofferrorbysubtractingtheoperatingpressure(generallya largepressureroughlyequaltotheaverageabsolutepressureintheflow)fromtheabsolute pressure,andusingtheresult(termedthegaugepressure).Theabsolutepressureissimplythesum oftheoperatingpressureandthegaugepressure. BuoyancyReferenceDensityisalsoavalueforavoidingroundoff errors.Forsimulationswhere pressureboundaryconditionsarepresentitisimportanttosetthevaluecorrectlyotherwisethe pressureattheboundarywillbeincorrectandmayleadtounphysicalflowconditions.Hereyouhave tosetittothedensitythatwillexistattheopeningboundarycondition(setlater)agasat293.15K with23%O2 and77%N2. Bydefault,CFXwillenforcethisdensityatnodenumber1inthemesh,whichissufficientforthis workshop.Othercasesmayrequiresettingthereferencedensityataspecificlocation.Thiscanbe donebyspecifyingtheoptionCartesianCoordinates. SearchthehelpdocumentationusingthekeywordBuoyancy formoredetails.
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FluidModels
OntheFluidModelstab:
SetHeatTransfertoTotalEnergy
Thisenablesthefullbuoyancymodel Othersettingsontheformcanbeleftattheir defaults Thekepsilonturbulencemodelisselected bydefault
Turbulencemodelling,aswithallphysics modelling,isacomplexarea.Therearemany applicationspecificoptions.Thekepsilonmodelis asimplebutrobustmodel.Thedocumentation providesfurtherguidanceonwhichmodelstouse forspecificapplications.
ClickOKtocompletethespecificationofthe
domain
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ForcedconvectionmodellingaFan
RightclickDefaultDomainandselect
Insert>Subdomain
SetNametoFanandclickOK
SetLocationtofluid_jet_fan ClicktheSourcestab
EnableSources,Momentum
Source/PorousLoss,thenGeneral MomentumSource SettheYComponentto 80[kgm^2s^2] Setothercomponentsto0[kgm^2s^2]
ClickOK
Weneedtoaccountfortheairmovementproducedbytheceilingjetfan.Herewehavedonethis byaddingmomentumtothesubdomain whichislocaltothejet.Theadvantageofthistechnique (overusingapairofvelocityboundaryconditions)isthatwepreservethespecies(smoke) concentrationthroughthefan.Ifwehadusedvelocityboundaryconditions,wewouldhaveneeded touseexpressionsattheintaketothejetfan,andapplythemtothejetfandischarge.

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SelectInsert>Boundary
SetNametoFreshAir SettheLocationtovelocity_inlet_fresh_air ClickBoundaryDetails(moresettingsonthenextpage)
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OntheBoundaryDetailstab:
SetMassandMomentumtoNormalSpeed SetNormalSpeedto0.8[m/s] SetHeatTransfertoStaticTemperature SetStaticTemperatureto20[C] Notetheunitsfortemperature SetthefollowingComponentMassFractions: CO2:0.0 H2O:0.0 O2:0.23
ClickOK
Themixturespeciescontains4components(h2o,o2,co2, andn2). Youdonotneedtoenteramassfractionforn2.Itwill automaticallyaccountfortheremainingfractionnotusedby thefirstthree(inthiscase0.77)
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BoundaryConditions(AirOutlet)
Insert>Boundary
SetNametoAirOutlet
SetBoundaryTypetoOpening SetLocationtopressure_outlet_all_air ClickBoundaryDetails

SetMassandMomentumtoOpeningPres.AndDirn SetRelativePressureto0[Pa] SetHeatTransfertoOpeningTemperature SetTemperatureto20[C] (asforpreviousBC) SetthefollowingComponentMassFractions: SetO2 to0.23 Settheothercomponentmassfractionsto0
ClickOK
Solongasthereisonlyflowoutofthedomainhere,thesevaluesforturbulence,temperature andspecieswillnotbeneeded.Howeverduringthesolutionprocesstheremaybesomeinflow thoughthisboundary,andthereforeCFXneedstoknowwhatvaluestoapply.
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BoundaryConditions(Exhaust)
Insert>Boundary
SetNametoExhaust
SetLocationto mass_flow_inlet_car_fire_source ClickBoundaryDetails

SetMassandMomentumtoMassFlow Rate SetMassFlowRateto0.1[kgs^1] SetHeatTransfertoStaticTemperature SetStaticTemperatureto1200[K] SetthefollowingComponentMass Fractions: CO2:0.568 H2O:0.432 O2:0
ClickOK
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BoundaryConditions(Walls)
Insert>Boundary
SetNametoWalls
SetBoundaryTypetoWall SetLocationtowalls_outer,wall_floor
andwall_ceiling
Usethe<Ctrl>keytoselectmultiple
boundaries
ClickBoundaryDetails
SetHeatTransfertoHeatTransferCoefficient SetHeatTrans.Coeff to5[Wm^2K^1] SetOutsideTemperatureto300[K]
Thisboundaryconditionisintendedto simulatetheeffectofasolidmaterialbetween theCFDdomainandtheairoutsidethegarage, forexample,aconcretewall.
ClickOK
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BoundaryConditions(Symmetry)
Insert>Boundary
SetNametoSymmetry
SetBoundaryTypetoSymmetry SetLocationtosymmetry ClickOK
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Insert>GlobalInitialization SetTemperaturetoAutomaticwith
Value
SetTemperatureto300[K] UnderComponentDetails,setO2to
AutomaticwithValue
SetMassFractionforO2to0.23 Leaveallothersettingsattheirdefault
values
Thesolverwillcalculateautomaticvalues
fortheremainingvariables Theflowisinitializedwithoutany productsofcombustionpresent
ClickOK
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Insert>Solver>OutputControl CreateanewMonitor
SetNametoAverageTemperature SetOptiontoExpression SetExpressionValueto
volumeAve(T)@DefaultDomain
Createtwonewmonitorsinthesame
way:
Name:HeatFlowthroughFloor Expression:
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Themonitorpointswilltrackaverage areaInt(WallHeatFlux)@REGION:wall_floor temperatureinthedomain,totalheatflux throughthefloorregion,andmassflowthrough Name:FanIntakeMassFlowRate thesimulatedfanregion Expression: Theregionwheremassflowismonitoredwas massFlow()@REGION:Primitive 2DB nottaggedasaNamedSelection,sothemesh regionoftheprimitiveCADsurfacethat ClickOK representsitwaschosenhere.
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Notesonmonitors: Buoyancydrivenflowsoftenshowtransientbehavior.Forthisreason,theresidualswilloften oscillate.Becauseofthis,convergenceshouldalwaysbejudgedbysolutionvariablemonitorsandflux reports.Theresidualswillhowevergiveanindicationofoverallconvergencebehaviour andstability. Incasesofanoscillatingsteadystatesolution,acommonapproachistocontinuethesimulationin transientmode.Inmanycasestheoscillationswillreducesignificantlyafterafewtimesteps. Theuseofsurface/volumemonitorscombinedwithresidualswillprovidethebestoveralljudgeof solutionconvergence.
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DoubleclickSolverControl UnderConvergenceControl,setMax.
Iterationsto250
SetTimescaleControltoPhysical
Timescale
SetaPhysicalTimescaleof5[s] SetResidualTargetto1e5 EnableConservationTarget

SetValueto0.01
ClickOK
Theconservationtargetsetsaminimumlevelof imbalanceinformationforthesolvedquantities. Inthiscase,thesolverisaimingfor1% imbalance.
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CloseCFXPre Thesolutionmaytake3060minutesto
complete
Aresultsfileisprovidedinthis
workshopifyoudonotwishtosolve thecase.Tousetheprovidedresults file,gotothenextpage
Tosolvethecasemanually:
RightclickSolutionandselectEdit. WhentheSolverManageropens,click
StartRun Skipthenextpageofinstructionsand continuefromMonitoringtheSolution
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Tousetheprovidedresultsfile:
Browsetotheresultsfilegarage_001.res
usingWindowsExplorer Draggarage_001.resintoANSYSWorkbench. Thesystemwillappearasaseparate componentintheProject
Inthenewsystem,rightclickSolution
andselectDisplayMonitors
TheSolverManagerwindowwillopento
showthediagnosticinfoassociatedwiththe suppliedresultsfile
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ClicktheUserPointstab
Lookingattheheatflowthroughthefloor, itisclearthattherearesometransient characteristicstotheflow.Thisworkshop hasassumedthattheflowcanbetreated assteadystate,butforahigherfidelity solution,atransientstudywouldlikelybe necessary
ViewtheResiduals
Althoughconvergenceisbelow1e4, oscillationscanbeseenintheRMS residualswhichhelptoaffirmpossible transientsolutionbehaviour Thesolutioninthiscaseterminated becausethemaximumnumberof iterations,250,wasreached,notbecause thesolutionconvergedtotherequired level.
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Objectives(Postprocessing)
LearningAims:
Thisworkshopisdesignedtoteacharangeofskillsinpostprocessing resultsfilesusingCFD Post.Topicstobecoveredinclude:
Creatingsurfacegroups Creatingisosurfaces Creatingportable(.cvf)images Creatingautomaticreports
Creatinglinegraphs Creatingexpressions(CEL) Performingintegrals Volumerendering
LearningObjectives:
TounderstandthewaysinwhichCFDPostcanbeusedbothforhighqualityimages,aswell asproducingquantitativedatafromvolume/surfaceintegrals,andwritingcustom functions.
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ResultsPreparation
Ifyouhavesetuptheproblemmanually,the resultsfilewillalreadybeavailable. IfyouareonlyperformingPostprocessing inthis workshop
Browsetotheresultsfilegarage_001.resusing WindowsExplorer Draggarage_001.resintoANSYSWorkbench.The systemwillappearasanewcomponentofthe Project
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RightclickResultsandselectEdit
CFDPostwillopenandloadtheresultsfile
Dependingonthepathchosen,youwillbeloadingresults fromacompleteanalysissystem(topright)orasolution component(bottomright).ToensureResultsarevalid, checktoseethatSolutionhasagreencheckbox
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Postprocessing WallTemperature
AddaLocationrepresentingagroupofsurfaces
Thisletsyougroupaselectionofentitles(inthiscasewalls)andapplythesamepostprocessing treatmenttoallitemsinthegroup.
SelectLocations>SurfaceGroup,andenterthenameGroupedWalls
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DefineLocationdetails
Thedetailsofthenewlocationwillbedisplayed inthebottomleftpane. SelectLocations,andclickon ExpandtheRegionslistandselectallwalls EXCEPTwall_car (CTRLclicktomultipleselect). ClickOKintheLocationSelector.
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ClicktheColorTab

SetModetoVariable SetVariabletoTemperature SetRangetoLocal ClickApply
ModifytheLegend
DoubleclickDefaultLegend
View1 UnderAppearance: SetPrecisionto1 ChangeScientifictoFixed ClickApply
Thisoptionhasallowedustoproduceatemperature contourplotofidenticalcolourrangeonagroupofsurfaces.
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Postprocessing GeneratingaFigure
Generateafigureforuse laterinareport.
ClicktheFigureicon EnternameFigure1Wall Temperature OKtotheInsertFigurepanel.
Rememberwherethisoptionis(youwill beaskedtouseitseveraltimeson subsequentslides). Wewillbecreatingseveralfiguresaswe progressthroughthisworkshop. Lateronwewilldemonstratehowtouse thesefigurestoautomatereportwriting.
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Postprocessing SectionPlane
Firstdeselectthecheckbox nexttoGroupedWallstoturn offvisibilityfortheobject AddaLocationrepresentinga sectionplane
SelectLocation>Isosurface SetNametoxzplaneandclick OK. UnderGeometrytabset DefinitionVariabletoY Valueto9[m] ClickApply Continuedonnextslide..
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Postprocessing SectionPlane
OntheColortab,setMode
toVariable
SettheVariableto
Temperature
UnderRenderdisable
Lighting
ClickApplytodisplay GenerateanewFigure,and
nameitFigure2 TemperatureSlice
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Postprocessing QuickAnimation
Theslicethroughthemodelgivesusausefulindicationofwhatis happeninginthemiddleofthedomain.Aquickanimationwill transversethisslicethroughthemodelsowecanseewhatis happeningelsewhere.
ClicktheAnimationbuttoninthetoptoolbar SelectQuickAnimation
Highlightxzplane PressthePlaybutton,andwatchthedisplay. Whenfinished,usethestopbuttonthenClose.
Ifrequired,thisanimationcouldbesavedtodiskinMPEG/ AVIformats. ThealternativetoQuickAnimationisKeyframe Animation.Tousethisyousetaseriesof keyanimationframes.Thesemighthavedifferentobjectsvisible,differentpointsina transientsimulation,ormighthavethemodelrotatedatadifferentviewingangle.The animationwillprogresssmoothlybetweenthesestates.
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Postprocessing 3DIsosurface
First,changethelookofthedisplay:
Hidetheplanexzplanepreviously
createdbyuncheckingitinthemodel tree Expandthetopofthemodeltree, expandingMeshRegions Doubleclickonwall_car
Ensurethatthedetailsboxshows
wall_car!
ForColorselectconstant,andpick
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Postprocessing 3DIsosurface
Adda3DIsosurface representinggases
SelectLocation>Isosurface KeepthedefaultnameIsosurface 1 SettheVariabletoCO2.Mass.Fractionandthevalueto
0.001 SetColortobeconstant(usethedefaultgreycolour), thenClickApply GenerateanewFigure: Figure3CO2Isosurface
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Postprocessing Streamlines
Add3DStreamlinestovisualizeflow
HidetheIsosurface createdinthepreviousstep(uncheckinmodeltree) ClicktheStreamlinebuttonandkeepdefaultname(Streamline1)
StartFrom:FreshAir #ofPoints:100 UnderColorset Mode:UsePlotVariable Range:Local ClickApply
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Postprocessing PortableCVFFiles
NotonlycanCFDPostexportregularimageformats(jpg/png),butinaddition3Dimagescanbesaved. Theseimageshavethefileextension.cvf TheycanbeviewedusingafreeCFDviewerthatcanbedownloadedfromtheANSYSwebsite.(Goto www.ansys.com,andsearchforCFDPostViewer) Nolicenseisrequiredtousetheviewer,soyoucaninstallthisonanycomputer(e.g.laptopusedfor presentations,oraskyourclient/customertoalsodownloadandinstallacopy). The3Dimagecanbeviewedusingrotate/pan/zoomfunctionalityjustasinCFDPost,andcanalsobe embeddedinMSPowerpoint.Howevertheusercannotmodifytheimage,theycannotadd/remove objectsfromtheimage,oraltercolour ranges. Thisisareallypowerfultoolforwhenyoucometopresentyourprojectwork.Inmanycasesa2Djpeg imagecannotexplain3Dflowfeatures.Howeverrotatingthemodelliveinfrontofyouraudiencewill helpconveyyourfindings.
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InCFDPost,clickthecameraicon ForFormat,selectCFDViewerState(3D) Clickthefoldericontotherightofthefilename.
Pickthedirectoryyouareworkingin(rememberthis!) Saveasfilenamecarstreamlines.cvf ClickSaveinbothwindows.
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Minimise CFDPost,anduseWindowsExplorertobrowsetothe
folderusedonthelastslide.
Notehowthisfile(carstreamlines.cvf)isquitesmall(inthiscase
about170kB(butitwillvarydependingonzoomlevel),and thereforeeasytoemailtoyourclientormanager).
Doubleclicktoopenthisfile(itwilltakeafewmomentsto
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IfyouhaveANSYSR14installedonyourmachine,yourcomputerwillalreadyhave theviewer,andwillrecognizethisfileextension.Youonlyneedtodoaseparate installationofCFDPostViewer(fromtheANSYSwebsite)onmachinesthatdonot haveWorkbenchinstalled.
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CFDPostViewerwilllookjustlikethe
graphicalwindowofCFDPost
Useleftmousebuttontorotate Middlemousebutton(orwheel)tozoom Rightmousebuttontotranslate Typequestionmark?foralistofhotkeys
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Postprocessing VolumeRendering
ClosethestandaloneviewerandreturntoCFDPost Hidethestreamlinesplotbyuncheckinginmodelview SelectInsert>VolumeRenderingandsetNametoGasCloud
UnderGeometry,setCO2.MassFraction KeeprangeasGlobal,thenclickApply
Tomakeiteasiertoseetheimage,
changethescreenbackgroundcolour to white:
Edit>Options>CFDPost>Viewer SetColorTypetoSolid SetColortowhite ClickOK
Thisoptionappliesavariablecolourandtransparencyto eachgridcelldependingontheplotvariable.For applicationslikethisinvolvingsmokemovementitmakesit easyfortheeyetoassesswherethecloudisconcentrated.

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Postprocessing Quantitative
UntilnowwehaveusedCFDPosttocreatecolourimagestohelpinterprettheCFD results Nextwewilllookatsomequantitativetechniquesforextractingnumericaldata(volume integrals),andproducinglinegraphs. Itisalsopossibletowriteyourownarithmeticexpressionsforcustompostprocessing.
CreateaLinethroughthemodel
HidetheGasCloudvolumerenderingobject Location>LineandkeepdefaultnameLine1. SetMethodtoTwoPoints
FromX=18Y=3Z=2 FromX=18Y=18Z=2 SetSamplesto40 ClickApply
Thishascreatedahorizontallinethroughthemodel,passing abovethefrontofthecar
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SelecttheChartIconfromthetopToolbar KeeptheDefaultnameChart1andclickOK
UnderGeneral,settheTitleto
TemperatureProfile UnderDataSeriesSetlocationto Line1 UnderXAxis,setvariabletoY UnderYAxissetvariabletoTemperature ClickApply
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Notesonthegraph: Thecomputationdomainexistsfrom
3m<y<18m
Thecar(andfiresource)islocatedat
8m<y<10m
Thejetfanislocatedat
13m<y<15m
Noticethatthepeaktemperatureislocatednotabovethemiddleofthecar(y=9m) butmovedsomedistancetotheleft(circay=7m).Thisisadirecteffectoftheair movementfromthejetfan.
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Postprocessing VolumeIntegrals
Theonlysourceofcarbondioxide(CO2)inthemodelisfromthecarfiresource(the inletjustcomprisesoxygenandnitrogen).Wewillperformavolumeintegraltofind outhowmuchco2ispresentinthemodel.
SelectCalculatorstab SelectFunctionCalculator
Function:volumeInt (forVolume
Integral) Location:DefaultDomain Variable:CO2.Mass.Fraction ClickCalculate Theresultisabout1.15m^3ofCO2
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Postprocessing Expressions

Itispossibletowriteyourownarithmeticfunctionsforpostprocessing,makinguseofthedata exportedbythesolver.Theresultingexpressionmayeitherreturnasinglevalue(firstexample, below),orproduceaquantitythatvariesspatiallyforuseinacontourplot/linegraph
SelecttheExpressionstab RightclickinthewindowandselectNew EnternamePressureDropthenclickOK Enterthefollowingexpression,thenclickApply

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ave(Pressure)@FreshAir Note:rightclickmenuusageshownbelow
Theanswerisapproximately31Pa.
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ave returnstheaverageatthe locationspecifiedbythe@ Foralistoffunctionsavailable, rightclickinthewindowand selectFunctions>CFDPost
NotehowPressureturnsto italicsassoonasyoutypeit. Itisimportanttomakethefirst letteracapitalP Forafulllistofavailable variables,rightclickinthis windowandselectVariables
Thisisthenameoftheboundarythatyouareperforming theaveragefunctionon. Forafulllistoflocations,rightclickandselectLocations Notethattocomputethepressuredrop,wedidnotneed toaddtheoutletboundary... ave(Pressure)@AirOutlet TheoutletboundarywassettobeapressureoutletinCFX withapressureof0Pa.Thistermwouldreturnazero value tryitifyoulike!
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Theproceduretocreateanexpressionthatcanbeplottedspatiallyis verysimilar,thereisjustoneadditionalsteptoassignittoavariable
Asasimpleexample,letsconverttemperaturefromKtoCand
plotthisonagraph
Expressions>New SetNametoTemperatureConversion Enterthisexpression:Temperature/1[K] 273.15 ClickApply
Note: InitialcapitalsforTemperature.Itwillturntoitalicsifcorrect. Expressionsmustbalancedimensionally. WecannotjustenterTemperature 273.15sinceTemperaturehasaunit[K] Bydividingby1[K]weremovethetemperatureunit. WecouldinsteadenterTemperature 273.15[K] Thisexpressionisvalid,butwouldreturnavaluewithunits[K]whichwouldbemisleading.

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Expressionscannotbeplotteddirectly:theyneedtobeassignedtoa Variable
ClicktheVariablestab RightclickanywhereinthewhitespaceundertheVariablestab
andselectNew
EnteranameTemperatureC Fromthepulldownlist,selecttheexpression
TemperatureConversioncreatedonthelastslide ClickApply
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UsethisnewtemperatureontheChart createdearlier
(TopLeft)selectOutlinethen
doubleclickonChart1
UnderYAxischangethe
variablebyclickingonthe... icon
Selectthevariable
TemperatureC
ClickOKthenclickApply Atthebottomofthescreen
changefrom3DViewerto ChartViewer
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Thegraphnowshowsthe
resultoftheexpression
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Postprocessing Reports
Intheoptionsbelowthegraphic
window,selectReportViewer
SelectRefresh Reviewwhatisshowninthereport
window.Youcansee:
Nameoftheresultsfile Meshsummary ListofBoundaryconditions AlltheFiguresandChartsproduced duringthisworkshop
IfyouselectPublishthiswillbewritten outinhtmlformat,alongwithcopiesof alltheresultsimages.

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StatefilesandOptionalExtrawork
UseFile>Savestateas...andsavetoyourworkingdirectory.
Thisstatefilestoresallthepostprocessingsettingsyouhavecreated. Ifyouhavedonethelongversionofthisworkshop,youwillrecallthatweranforafixednumber ofiterations,andwantedtoexaminetheresultstohelpusdetermineifthemodelhadconverged ornot.(Theresidualswerestuckandfurtheriterationswouldnotlowertheresiduals).Itmight bebe necessarytorevisitthemodelsetup,bymovingtoatransientscheme,ormodifyingthe modellingsettings.Ausefulassessmentofconvergenceistoseeiftheresultsofinterestremain unchangedasthesolversettingsareenhanced. Thebigadvantageofhavingthisstatefileisthatifyouchoosetomodifythesolversettingsand rerunthismodel,youcanquicklyreproducetheequivalentpostprocessingimages.Simplyload thenewresultsfile,thenloadthisstatefile. Likewise,itiscommoninprojectworktohaverunaseriesofmodelstotestthedifferent operatingconditions.Thistechniquewillletyougenerateequivalentimagessoastoproducea goodlikeforlikecomparisoninyourpresentation/report.
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TheReportsfeaturejustdemonstratedwillletyoucustomise
theformatofyourreport.
Ifyouhavefinishedthisexerciseaheadoftherestoftheclass,
tryexperimentingwiththeReportoptionsinthelefthand toolbar.
Youcanchoosewhichobjectsarevisible,addyourowncompany
logo,oraddlinesoftexttoexplainthecontentofthereport.
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Wrapup
CFDPostisaverypowerfulpostprocessingtool,andcapableof
producinghighqualityimagesquicklyandeasily.
Inthisworkshopwehaveshownhowtoproducecontourplots,
streamlines,andisosurfaces (asseeninsomeotherworkshops forthiscourse)
InadditionyouhaveusedCFDPosttoperformvolumeintegrals,
createlinegraphs,andtocreateyourownarithmeticexpressions forpostprocessing.
3Dimagescanbesavedtodisk,andviewedinafreewareviewer.
Thisaddsmuchimpacttopresentations,andcanberunonany computer(nolicenseneeded).
CFDPostcanalsoautomatethereportgenerationprocess. Postprocessing isbestlearnedbypractice.Ifyouhavetimenow,

tryexploringtheotherbuttonsintheinterface.
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Symmetry Plane symmetry

Ifdoingtheshortversion(postprocessing only) pleasejumptopage26now

SettheNametoMixtureandclickOK SetOptiontoVariableCompositionMixture ForMaterialsList,clicktheicontotherightofthe

SetBoundaryTypetoOpening SetLocationtopressure_outlet_all_air ClickBoundaryDetails

SetLocationto mass_flow_inlet_car_fire_source ClickBoundaryDetails

SetBoundaryTypetoSymmetry SetLocationtosymmetry ClickOK

SetaPhysicalTimescaleof5[s] SetResidualTargetto1e5 EnableConservationTarget

Creatingsurfacegroups Creatingisosurfaces Creatingportable(.cvf)images Creatingautomaticreports

Creatinglinegraphs Creatingexpressions(CEL) Performingintegrals Volumerendering

ClicktheFigureicon EnternameFigure1Wall Temperature OKtotheInsertFigurepanel.

Rememberwherethisoptionis(youwill beaskedtouseitseveraltimeson subsequentslides). Wewillbecreatingseveralfiguresaswe progressthroughthisworkshop. Lateronwewilldemonstratehowtouse thesefigurestoautomatereportwriting.

SelectLocation>Isosurface SetNametoxzplaneandclick OK. UnderGeometrytabset DefinitionVariabletoY Valueto9[m] ClickApply Continuedonnextslide..

Useleftmousebuttontorotate Middlemousebutton(orwheel)tozoom Rightmousebuttontotranslate Typequestionmark?foralistofhotkeys

Edit>Options>CFDPost>Viewer SetColorTypetoSolid SetColortowhite ClickOK

Thisoptionappliesavariablecolourandtransparencyto eachgridcelldependingontheplotvariable.For applicationslikethisinvolvingsmokemovementitmakesit easyfortheeyetoassesswherethecloudisconcentrated.

SelecttheExpressionstab RightclickinthewindowandselectNew EnternamePressureDropthenclickOK Enterthefollowingexpression,thenclickApply

NotehowPressureturnsto italicsassoonasyoutypeit. Itisimportanttomakethefirst letteracapitalP Forafulllistofavailable variables,rightclickinthis windowandselectVariables

Expressions>New SetNametoTemperatureConversion Enterthisexpression:Temperature/1[K] 273.15 ClickApply

Nameoftheresultsfile Meshsummary ListofBoundaryconditions AlltheFiguresandChartsproduced duringthisworkshop

IfyouselectPublishthiswillbewritten outinhtmlformat,alongwithcopiesof alltheresultsimages.

CFDPostcanalsoautomatethereportgenerationprocess. Postprocessing isbestlearnedbypractice.Ifyouhavetimenow,

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