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COMPUTATIONAL FLUID
DYNAMICS
CFD LAB MANUAL
First Semester
Checked By:
Dr. Gurunadh Velidi

SAP ID: 500048309

Maintained By:

Enrollment No.:
R500215022

BHAVESH N BHATT

ACTIVITY-4
AIM- Consider the fluid flowing through the circular pipe of
uniform cross section. Solve the problem using the FLUENT and
plot centerline velocity, wall skin friction coefficient and velocity
profile at outlet.
(A) Problem: - Consider a tube in which a venturimeter is
place. The incoming flow condition is: velocity=10 m/s,
pressure=1 atm, temperature=300k.
Step involved:1. Creating Geometry-Create the geometry in the gambit in the
2Dolane.By giving dimensions as described in the tutorial. That
is taking the origin and other vertices as given. After creating
vertices create edges by joining the vertices. After that by
selecting all edges make a face.
2. Meshing- After creating the geometry perform meshing of the
edges first by giving vertical interval nodes 30 and horizontal
nodes 100 initially. After that mesh the faces by connecting the
horizontal and vertical nodes.
3. Boundary condition- Now gives boundary condition and
specifies inlet, outlet, wall, and axis.
4. Save and Export- Now save the file and export it in .msh .To
gets the results in fluent.
1. Creation of geometry:
Creation of geometry (similar to previous problem: laminar pipe flow).In
gambit, nodes are created as per geometry requirement.
5. Use Edge command to create edges using the vertexes created and unite these
edges using the face command. Finally the geometry of a pipe which is
symmetry at axis is created similar to previous problem.
6. 2.Creation of Mesh:
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Mesh is created using the command

Edge mesh command. Top and
bottom faces of geometry is meshed with regular interval of successive ratio 1
and interval count 100.Left and Right faces are meshed with irregular interval
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Fig 3.1 First Length
interval Ratio

to concentrate near the axis. In the dialogue box instant of successive ratio, first
length of size 0.01 is selected so that the ratio of first grid and successive grid is
0.01 this leads to irregular interval grid size which is concentrated towards one
side and select interval count 30 to create a meshed geometry as shown in the
Fig 3.2
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9.
10.Fig 3.2 Meshed Geometry
11.3. Applying the Boundary Conditions:
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Boundary conditions are applied using the Zone command

previous problem as shown in Fig 3.3

similar to

Analyzing the Geometry:1.To define the problem use the command Define->Model->solver
and in
dialogue box select solver as
segregated, space as a ax symmetric, velocity function as
absolute.
2. To define the problem Turbulent, use the command
Define>Models>Viscous and select the Turbulent.
3. To define the materials go to Define->material. Change the
density to 998.2 kg/m^3 and viscosity as 0.001003.
4. Now give boundary condition by selecting velocity inlet and
giving the value as 10m/s.
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5. Before solving the problem, the solver should be defining as

per the requirement of the problem.
6. To define control over the solution use the command solve>controls->solutions. In the dialogue box change the momentum
equation to second order and click ok.
7. To initialize the problem, go to menu solve>initialize. In this
select compute from as an inlet and values are replaced by
boundary condition.
8. To set convergence criteria used the command solve->monitor>residual. In this select no. of iteration.
9. To iterate the equations, solve>iterate is used and select the
no. of iteration.
10. For plotting the centerline velocity, use the command plot->
XY plot. In this set X=1 and Y=0 and Y-Axis select function
velocity and click plot. The graph showing below is for mesh size
for vertical edges 60, converge edge 40 and horizontal edge 100.

1.Variation of wall Yflux with position

Variation of total pressure with position

11. After this create a mesh of 80 for vertical edges,60 for

converge edges and 100 for horizontal edges .And compares the
results with the previous result. This show as,
1. Comparison of Variation of Wall Yflux with position

2. Comparison of variation total pressure with position

Display for contour:

1. Contour of velocity magnitude:

2. Contour of static pressure:

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3. Contour of total pressure:

Fig.1
4. Contour of turbulent kinetic energy:
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Fig.2

5. Contour of velocity magnitude:

Fig.3
Conclusion: - As we move ahead in the throat region of the

venturimeter the flow certain changes. Velocity in the throat goes maximum
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(fig.2). Total pressure increases (fig.1). Turbulence increases at the end of

throat region (fig.2).