ANSYS FLUENT Getting Started Guide
ANSYS FLUENT Getting Started GuideANSYS, Inc.Southpointe275 Technology DriveCanonsburg, PA 15317ansysinfo@ansys.comhttp://www.ansys.com(T) 724-746-3304(F) 724-514-9494Release 14.0November 2011ANSYS, Inc. iscertified to ISO9001:2008.
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Table of ContentsPreface . v1. The Contents of This Manual . v2. The Contents of the FLUENT Manuals . v3. Technical Support . vi1. Introduction to ANSYS FLUENT . 11.1. Program Capabilities . 31.2. ANSYS FLUENT Documentation . 51.2.1. Accessing the ANSYS FLUENT Documentation . 51.2.1.1. Accessing the Documentation Files Using the ANSYS Help Viewer . 51.2.1.2. Accessing the PDF Documentation Files in the Installation Area . 61.2.2. Viewing and Printing the PDF Documentation . 61.2.2.1. Navigating the PDF Files . 61.2.2.2. Printing the PDF Files . 62. Basic Steps for CFD Analysis using ANSYS FLUENT . 72.1. Steps in Solving Your CFD Problem . 72.2. Planning Your CFD Analysis . 73. Guide to a Successful Simulation Using ANSYS FLUENT . 11Glossary of Terms . 13Release 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.iii
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PrefaceThis preface is divided into the following sections:1.The Contents of This Manual2.The Contents of the FLUENT Manuals3.Technical Support1. The Contents of This ManualThe ANSYS FLUENT Getting Started Guide highlights some of the features in ANSYS FLUENT and howto get started using the software.2. The Contents of the FLUENT ManualsThe manuals listed below form the FLUENT product documentation set. They include descriptions ofthe procedures, commands, and theoretical details needed to use FLUENT products.FLUENT Getting Started Guide contains general information about getting started with usingFLUENT.FLUENT User's Guide contains detailed information about using FLUENT, including informationabout the user interface, reading and writing files, defining boundary conditions, setting upphysical models, calculating a solution, and analyzing your results.FLUENT in Workbench User's Guide contains information about getting started with and usingFLUENT within the Workbench environment.FLUENT Theory Guide contains reference information for how the physical models are implemented in FLUENT.FLUENT UDF Manual contains information about writing and using user-defined functions(UDFs).FLUENT Tutorial Guide contains a number of example problems with detailed instructions,commentary, and postprocessing of results.FLUENT Text Command List contains a brief description of each of the commands in FLUENT’stext interface.FLUENT Adjoint Solver Module Manual contains information about the background and usageof FLUENT's Adjoint Solver Module that allows you to obtain detailed sensitivity data for theperformance of a fluid system.FLUENT Battery Module Manual contains information about the background and usage ofFLUENT's Battery Module that allows you to analyze the behavior of electric batteries.FLUENT Continuous Fiber Module Manual contains information about the background and usageof FLUENT's Continuous Fiber Module that allows you to analyze the behavior of fiber flow,fiber properties, and coupling between fibers and the surrounding fluid due to the strong interaction that exists between the fibers and the surrounding gas.FLUENT Fuel Cell Modules Manual contains information about the background and the usageof two separate add-on fuel cell models for FLUENT that allow you to model polymer electrolytemembrane fuel cells (PEMFC), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), and electrolysis with FLUENT.FLUENT Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module Manual contains information about the background and usage of FLUENT's Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Module that allows you to analyzethe behavior of electrically conducting fluid flow under the influence of constant (DC) or oscillating (AC) electromagnetic fields.FLUENT Migration Manual contains information about transitioning from the previous releaseof FLUENT, including details about new features, solution changes, and text command listchanges.Release 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.v
PrefaceFLUENT Population Balance Module Manual contains information about the background andusage of FLUENT's Population Balance Module that allows you to analyze multiphase flows involving size distributions where particle population (as well as momentum, mass, and energy)require a balance equation.Running FLUENT Under LSF contains information about the using FLUENT with Platform Computing’s LSF software, a distributed computing resource management tool.Running FLUENT Under PBS Professional contains information about the using FLUENT withAltair PBS Professional, an open workload management tool for local and distributed environments.Running FLUENT Under SGE contains information about the using FLUENT with Sun Grid Engine(SGE) software, a distributed computing resource management tool.3. Technical SupportIf you encounter difficulties while using ANSYS FLUENT, please first refer to the section(s) of themanual containing information on the commands you are trying to use or the type of problem you aretrying to solve. The product documentation is available from the online help, or from the ANSYS Customer Portal (www.ansys.com/customerportal).If you encounter an error, please write down the exact error message that appeared and note as muchinformation as you can about what you were doing in ANSYS FLUENT.Technical Support for ANSYS, Inc. products is provided either by ANSYS, Inc. directly or by one of ourcertified ANSYS Support Providers. Please check with the ANSYS Support Coordinator (ASC) at yourcompany to determine who provides support for your company, or go to www.ansys.com and selectAbout ANSYS Contacts and Locations. The direct URL is: asp. Follow the on-screen instructions to obtain your support provider contact information. Youwill need your customer number. If you don't know your customer number, contact the ASC at yourcompany.If your support is provided by ANSYS, Inc. directly, Technical Support can be accessed quickly and efficiently from the ANSYS Customer Portal, which is available from the ANSYS Website (www.ansys.com)under Support Technical Support where the Customer Portal is located. The direct URL is: http://www.ansys.com/customerportal.One of the many useful features of the Customer Portal is the Knowledge Resources Search, which canbe found on the Home page of the Customer Portal.Systems and installation Knowledge Resources are easily accessible via the Customer Portal by usingthe following keywords in the search box: Systems/Installation. These Knowledge Resourcesprovide solutions and guidance on how to resolve installation and licensing issues quickly.NORTH AMERICAAll ANSYS, Inc. ProductsWeb: Go to the ANSYS Customer Portal (http://www.ansys.com/customerportal) and select the appropriateoption.Toll-Free Telephone: 1.800.711.7199Fax: 1.724.514.5096Support for University customers is provided only through the ANSYS Customer Portal.GERMANYviRelease 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to ANSYS FLUENTANSYS FLUENT is a state-of-the-art computer program for modeling fluid flow, heat transfer, andchemical reactions in complex geometries.ANSYS FLUENT is written in the C computer language and makes full use of the flexibility and poweroffered by the language. Consequently, true dynamic memory allocation, efficient data structures, andflexible solver control are all possible. In addition, ANSYS FLUENT uses a client/server architecture, whichenables it to run as separate simultaneous processes on client desktop workstations and powerfulcompute servers. This architecture allows for efficient execution, interactive control, and completeflexibility between different types of machines or operating systems.ANSYS FLUENT provides complete mesh flexibility, including the ability to solve your flow problemsusing unstructured meshes that can be generated about complex geometries with relative ease. Supported mesh types include 2D triangular/quadrilateral, 3D tetrahedral/hexahedral/pyramid/wedge/polyhedral, and mixed (hybrid) meshes. ANSYS FLUENT also enables you to refine or coarsen your meshbased on the flow solution.After a mesh has been read into ANSYS FLUENT, all remaining operations are performed within ANSYSFLUENT. These include setting boundary conditions, defining fluid properties, executing the solution,refining the mesh, and postprocessing and viewing the results.The ANSYS FLUENT serial solver manages file input and output, data storage, and flow field calculationsusing a single solver process on a single computer. ANSYS FLUENT also uses a utility called cortexthat manages ANSYS FLUENT’s user interface and basic graphical functions. ANSYS FLUENT’s parallelsolver enables you to compute a solution using multiple processes that may be executing on the samecomputer, or on different computers in a network.Parallel processing in ANSYS FLUENT involves an interaction between ANSYS FLUENT, a host process,and a set of compute-node processes. ANSYS FLUENT interacts with the host process and the collectionof compute nodes using the cortex user interface utility.Figure 1.1 (p. 2) and Figure 1.2 (p. 3) illustrate the serial and parallel ANSYS FLUENT architectures.Release 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.1
Chapter 1: Introduction to ANSYS FLUENTFigure 1.1 Serial ANSYS FLUENT Architecture2Release 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Program CapabilitiesFigure 1.2 Parallel ANSYS FLUENT ArchitectureFor more information about ANSYS FLUENT’s parallel processing capabilities, message passing interfaces(MPI), and so on, refer to "Parallel Processing" in the User's Guide.All functions required to compute a solution and display the results are accessible in ANSYS FLUENT through an interactive interface.For more information, see the following sections:1.1. Program Capabilities1.2. ANSYS FLUENT Documentation1.1. Program CapabilitiesThe ANSYS FLUENT solver has the following modeling capabilities:Release 14.0 - SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationof ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.3
Chapter 1: Introduction to ANSYS FLUENT 2D planar, 2D axisymmetric, 2D axisymmetric with swirl (rotationally symmetric), and 3D flows Quadrilateral, triangular, hexahedral (brick), tetrahedral, prism (wedge), pyramid, polyhedral, and mixedelement meshes Steady-state or transient flows Incompressible or compressible flows, including all speed regimes (low subsonic, transonic, supersonic,and hypersonic flows) Inviscid, laminar, and turbulent flows Newtonian or non-Newtonian flows Ideal or real gases Heat transfer, including forced, natural, and mixed convection, conjugate (solid/fluid) heat transfer, andradiation Chemical species mixing and reaction, including homogeneous and heterogeneous combustion modelsand surface deposition/reaction models Free surface and multiphase models for gas-liquid, gas-solid, and liquid-solid flows Lagrangian trajectory calculation for dispersed phase (particles/droplets/bubbles), including couplingwith continuous phase and spray modeling Cavitation model Phase change model for melting/solidification applications Porous media with non-isotropic permeability, inertial resistance, solid heat conduction, and porousface pressure jump conditions Lumped parameter models for fans, pumps, radiators, and heat exchangers Acoustic models for predicting flow-induced noise Inertial (stationary) or non-inertial (rotating or accelerating) reference frames Multiple reference frame (MRF) and sliding mesh options for modeling multiple moving frames Mixing-plane model for modeling rotor-stator interactions, torque converters, and similar turbomachineryapplications with options for mass conservation and swirl conservation Dynamic mesh model for modeling domains with moving and deforming mesh Volumetric s
FLUENT User's Guide contains detailed information about using FLUENT, including information about the user interface, reading and writing files, defining boundary conditions, setting up physical models, calculating a solution, and analyzing your results. FLUENT in Workbench User's Guide contains information about getting started with and using
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