FFC v5.0 08 Fluent Solution

FLUENT Solution
Process and Setup
Introduction to FLUENT
for CATIA V5
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Introductory Training, December 2009
Fluent for Catia Support center

http://www.fluentusers.com/ffc
Agenda
Training Manual
FLUENT Problem Setup

FLUENT Solver Parameters
Solver Accuracy
Monitoring the Solution
Setting Solution Monitors
Residual and Solution
Monitors
Cavitation Monitors
Running the Fluent
Calculation
Remote Submission on
LINUX/Windows clusters
FLUENT Computation
Control

Managing Multiple CATIA

Sessions
Multiple Boundary Condition
Sets
Journal Customization
Batch Mode Computing
Creating Local Sensors
Appendix
Solver Accuracy Slider Bar

Settings
User-supplied BAT and JOU files
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Training Manual
To finalize the FLUENT problem

setup in the specification tree,
double click on the Fluent Problem
Setup.1 in the specification tree to
open the subsets:
Unsteady parameters: only appears
when the problem setup is
unsteady
Journal customization: pre, post or
full fluent journal files can be input
Monitor convergence criteria:
opens up the dialog box on the
right

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Operating conditions: opens the

operating conditions box
Initialization values: for
initialization of the solution field
Reference values: sets up
reference values for calculating
normalized quantities (frequently
in the post-processing stage) or
dimensionless parameters

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FLUENT Solver Parameters
Training Manual
FLUENT solver parameters can

be adjusted by the FFC user.
Double click on Fluent Solution
under Fluent case in the
specification tree to open up the
Fluent Solution box.
The panel allows users to:
Set Solver Accuracy Settings
Set Residual Convergence
Criteria
If convergence criteria is none,
then the Residual Convergence
Criteria is grayed out (as shown)
Set Under-relaxation settings
Enable Solution Steering and
Polyhedral Conversion
Set the number of parallel
processes
Set Maximum CPU Time or Max
number of iterations.
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Solver Accuracy
Training Manual
Solution accuracy is specified

using a slider bar in the Fluent
Solution menu.
Setting 1 on the left yields a
first cut solution.
Settings 3,4 and 5 yield a high
accuracy solution.
Please see Appendix for
detailed information.
The Customization tab in Tools

Options menu has an option to
control the accuracy based on
the position of Mesh Definition.

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Monitoring the Solution
Training Manual
The residuals are the primary

mechanism to monitor solution
progress.
Residuals represent the
imbalance in the equations
being solved by FLUENT.
When the values of the

residuals decreases below the
convergence criteria set in the
Fluent Solution panel, the
computation stops.
Additional Flux balance and
average based convergence
criteria can be selected in the
Tools Options menu.
Solution Monitors can also be
created to provide a check on
progress of the solution.

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Solution Monitors provide an

additional check on solution progress.
If the solution monitors are still
changing when the residuals have
converged, the solution is not
complete.
The solution monitors include:

Force Monitor: Drag, Lift and
Moment
Surface Monitor: Average, Minimum
and Maximum of flow variables on
surface
Center Pressure Report
Right click on the Monitors.x under

the Fluent case in the specification
tree and select the monitor.

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In the monitor panel

Specify the face group(s) where
the monitor is calculated in
Supports.
Set the report file path
The physical quantity to be
calculated.
Characteristic scales like length,

area, and temperature, etc.
should be set up in Reference
Values.x for calculating nondimensional coefficients.

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Residual and Solution Monitors
Training Manual
Residual plots and Monitor plots are shown in addition to

normal Fluent Solution progression window.

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Cavitation and VOF Monitors
Training Manual
When Cavitation/VOF is activated

in the Problem Physics panel, an
additional Phase Input button is
added to the Residual
Convergence panel.
Click on the button and set the
residual for the phase input panel.

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Running the Fluent Calculation
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Once the case setup is complete,

mesh generation and solution
calculation is carried out using
the Compute panel.
The Compute panel has two
sections.
In the first section, the user can
choose among a number of
options:
All: Create mesh and run
solution
Mesh Only: create mesh
Surface Mesh Only: create
surface mesh
Volume Mesh Only: create
volume mesh
Analysis Case Solution
Selection: Select Fluent Case for
computation.
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In the second section, the user can

select among the following options:
Default Solution Options:
Calculation based on settings
defined in the Tools Options
dialog box
Run Computation: start the Fluent
calculation, if the mesh is ready.
Continue Computation: continue the
calculation from the point where it
was interrupted.
Pre-iteration journal
Write Case File Only: create a

FLUENT case file
Attach Data File Only: attach a
FLUENT data file
Initialize Only: Initialize the data field
for visualization.

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The progression of the solution

calculation is shown in a pop-up
window with a progress bar and
values of the scaled residuals
and/or fluxes.
Additional windows show plots of
residuals and solution monitors.

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FLUENT Computation Control
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The FLUENT Computation

Control panel allows you to:
Control one or more solutions
running in batch mode
Attach data files from another
fluent run to the present solution
Start the solution monitor in the
Fluent Calculations Progression
dialog box
The panel can be used to

manage multiple runs in batch
mode by using the following
functions:
Attach data file

Refresh all
Stop computation
Start monitor

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Managing Multiple CATIA Sessions
Training Manual
The storage manager can be used to manage files for multiple

cases/sessions.

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Multiple Boundary Condition Sets
Training Manual
Multiple boundary condition sets can

be easily set up and computed for the
same case:
Set up a first case, FFC generates
Boundary Conditions.1 under the
Fluent case set in the specification
tree
Insert a new case by clicking on the
Insert Fluent Case icon.
Click OK on the Fluent Case panel
to create a new Fluent case set in
the specification tree.
Set the Boundary Conditions for the
new Fluent case.
In the Compute panel, select
Analysis Case Solution Selection
from the top list, then select the
Solution to be computed.

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Journal Customization
Training Manual
Journal Customization:
Pre-Iteration Journal: Modify
case setup done by FLUENT
for CATIA.
e.g. change turbulence model
or discretization schemes.
Post-Iteration Journal: Perform

specific post-processing after
the solution is done.
Full Journal:
Useful in batch mode
Should contain all the
commands to iterate the
solution
When this is enabled, Pre and
Post-Iteration journal options
will be turned OFF.

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Batch Mode Computing
Training Manual
Batch mode computing is more

convenient for larger and longer
simulations
Enable Compute in Batch Mode in
Fluent Solution dialog box, click
OK.
Click on
to open Compute
dialog box, select appropriate
choices and launch solution
iterations.
A warning will be displayed to
inform you the job is running in the
batch (background) mode.
Upon completion, you must attach
the Fluent data file from the lower
list of the Compute box in order to
post-process the completed batch
solution.

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Creating Local Sensors
Training Manual
A local sensor in CFD computation

provides output of physical
quantities of interest during the
iteration process
Right click on the Sensor.1 in the
specification tree under Fluent case
and select Create local senor in the
contextual menu.
In the local sensor dialog box,
specify location, the type of
phyiscal quantity to be computed.
FLUENT for CATIA can use local
sensors which are combined with
CATIAs product engineering
optimizer (PEO) to obtain CFDbased optimization.

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Launching FLUENT
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FLUENT can be launched from FLUENT for CATIA using the buttons
on the Fluent toolbar.
The FLUENT button first saves the case/data files used by FLUENT to a
specified directory before launching FLUENT. (requires license)
The last button gives the version number for FLUENT for CATIA.

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Appendix

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Solver Accuracy Slider Bar Settings
Training Manual
The Solver Accuracy Slider Bar can be set to one of five values: 1, 2,
3, 4, 5.
Slider bar setting 1, has the highest speed and lowest accuracy.
Setting 5, has the lowest speed and highest accuracy.
It controls the numerical discretization used in the CFD calculation

for different flow variables:
First order discretization is simple and has low accuracy but is fast.
Second order discretization is complex and is accurate but takes more
time.
First order is used for preliminary calculations on a coarse mesh.
Second order is used for more accurate calculations on a finer mesh or
tet/hybrid mesh.
The table in the next slide shows the discretization schemes for
different variables for each slider bar settings.

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Slider Bar for Solution Accuracy
Training Manual
Slider
Pressure Density
Position
Momentum
Energy k
Epsilon/
Omega
Reynolds
Stresses
Standard
FirstOrder
First-Order
FirstOrder
FirstOrder
FirstOrder
First-Order
Standard
FirstOrder
First-Order
FirstOrder
FirstOrder
FirstOrder
First-Order
Standard
FirstOrder
First-Order
Second
-Order
FirstOrder
FirstOrder
First-Order
Standard
FirstOrder
SecondOrder
Second
-Order
Second First-Order Order
First-Order
Standard
FirstOrder
SecondOrder
Second
-Order
Second Second-Order Order
First-Order

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The user-supplied batch and journal

files should be located in the
directory specified in File for batch
computation box inside the
Toolsoptions dialog box
The batch file (here it is called
batch.bat ) must be a script performs
at least the following steps:
Read the directory in which FFC case
file is stored
Create a lock file
Start the fluent solver using a journal
file
A sample batch file is shown on the
right

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<> echo off

%1
cd %2
echo >> %3
fluent 3d hidden wait i yourJournal.jou
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The journal file must perform at

least the following steps:
rc yourFFCcase.cas
/so in in
Read in the case file
/so it 1000
Iterate
/f bf n
wd yourFFCdata.dat
Write out the case/data files
Delete the lock file generated for this /f bf n
wc yourFFCcase_1.cas
process
(system del yourFFCcase.lok)
Send out a notification to inform
(system echo >>yourFFCcaseisdone)
FFC users that the run is completed
(exit)
A simple sample journal file called

yourJournal.jou is included for a
reference
yourJournal.jou

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FLUENT Problem Setup

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Managing Multiple CATIA

Solver Accuracy Slider Bar

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FLUENT Problem Setup

To finalize the FLUENT problem

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FLUENT Problem Setup

FLUENT Problem Setup

Operating conditions: opens the

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FLUENT Solver Parameters

FLUENT solver parameters can

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Solution accuracy is specified

The Customization tab in Tools

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Monitoring the Solution

The residuals are the primary

When the values of the

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Setting Solution Monitors

Solution Monitors provide an

The solution monitors include:

Right click on the Monitors.x under

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Setting Solution Monitors

In the monitor panel

Characteristic scales like length,

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Residual and Solution Monitors

Residual plots and Monitor plots are shown in addition to

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