Ansys Fluent rectanguar duct with 4 outlets Simu

Analyst Pratik Kulkarni

Date 8/1/2024 01:13 PM

Table of Contents
1 System Information
2 Geometry and Mesh
2.1 Mesh Size
2.2 Mesh Quality
2.3 Orthogonal Quality
3 Simulation Setup
3.1 Physics
3.1.1 Models
3.1.2 Material Properties
3.1.3 Cell Zone Conditions
3.1.4 Boundary Conditions
3.1.5 Reference Values
3.2 Solver Settings
4 Run Information
5 Solution Status
6 Named Expressions
7 Report Definitions
8 Plots
9 Pathlines

System Information

Application Fluent

Settings 3d, double precision, pressure-based, SST k-omega

Version 24.2.0-10192

Source Revision 149ed7492d

Build Time May 13 2024 11:22:47 EST

CPU 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1340P

OS Windows
Geometry and Mesh

Mesh Size
Cells Faces Nodes

80164 168783 17936

Mesh Quality
Name Type Min Orthogonal Quality Max Aspect Ratio

geom_solid Tet Cell 0.16212542 22.954208

Orthogonal Quality
Simulation Setup

Physics

Models
Model Settings

Space 3D

Time Steady

Viscous SST k-omega turbulence model

Material Properties
 Fluid

 air

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 1006.43 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 0.0242 W/(m K)

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Molecular Weight 28.966 kg/kmol

 Solid

 aluminum

Density 2719 kg/m^3

Cp (Specific Heat) 871 J/(kg K)

Thermal Conductivity 202.4 W/(m K)

Cell Zone Conditions

 Fluid

 geom_solid

Material Name air

Specify source terms? no

Specify fixed values? no

Frame Motion? no

Laminar zone? no

Porous zone? no

3D Fan Zone? no

Boundary Conditions
 Inlet

 inlet

Velocity Specification Method Magnitude, Normal to Boundary

Reference Frame Absolute

 Velocity Magnitude [m/s] 2

Supersonic/Initial Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Turbulence Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

 Outlet

 outlet

Backflow Reference Frame Absolute

Gauge Pressure [Pa] 0

Pressure Profile Multiplier 1

Backflow Direction Specification Method Normal to Boundary

Turbulence Specification Method Intensity and Viscosity Ratio

Backflow Turbulent Intensity [%] 5

Backflow Turbulent Viscosity Ratio 10

Backflow Pressure Specification Total Pressure

Build artificial walls to prevent reverse flow? no

Radial Equilibrium Pressure Distribution no

Average Pressure Specification? yes

Specify targeted mass flow rate no

 Wall

 wall

Wall Motion Stationary Wall

Shear Boundary Condition No Slip

Wall Surface Roughness Standard

Wall Roughness Height [m] 0

Wall Roughness Constant 0.5

Reference Values
Area 1 m^2

Density 1.225 kg/m^3

Enthalpy 0 J/kg

Length 1m

Pressure 0 Pa

Temperature 288.16 K

Velocity 2 m/s

Viscosity 1.7894e-05 kg/(m s)

Ratio of Specific Heats 1.4

Yplus for Heat Tran. Coef. 300

Reference Zone geom_solid

Solver Settings
 Equations
 Flow True

Turbulence True

 Numerics

Absolute Velocity Formulation True

 Pseudo Time Explicit Relaxation Factors

Density 1

Body Forces 1

Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.75

Specific Dissipation Rate 0.75

Turbulent Viscosity 1

Explicit Momentum 0.5

Explicit Pressure 0.5

 Pressure-Velocity Coupling

Type Coupled

Pseudo Time Method (Global Time Step) True

 Discretization Scheme

Pressure Second Order

Momentum Second Order Upwind

Turbulent Kinetic Energy Second Order Upwind

Specific Dissipation Rate Second Order Upwind

 Solution Limits

Minimum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 1

Maximum Absolute Pressure [Pa] 5e+10

Minimum Static Temperature [K] 1

Maximum Static Temperature [K] 5000

Minimum Turb. Kinetic Energy [m^2/s^2] 1e-14

Minimum Spec. Dissipation Rate [s^-1] 1e-20

Maximum Turb. Viscosity Ratio 100000

Run Information

Number of Machines 1

Number of Cores 4

Case Read 4.439 seconds

Data Read 0.181 seconds

Virtual Current Memory 1.16109 GB

Virtual Peak Memory 1.1727 GB

Memory Per M Cell 6.69899

Solution Status

Iterations: 200

Value Absolute Criteria Convergence Status

continuity 0.00124413 0.001 Not Converged

x-velocity 1.989079e-05 0.001 Converged

y-velocity 7.77816e-06 0.001 Converged

z-velocity 1.522723e-05 0.001 Converged

k 0.000238225 0.001 Converged

omega 0.0001568489 0.001 Converged

Named Expressions

Expression Definition Value Unit Used In Description

parameter_5 Unable
to
evaluate

parameter_7 Unable
to
evaluate

parameter_8 Unable
to
evaluate

Report Definitions

report-def-0 0.1700378 kg/s

Plots

Residuals

Residuals

continuity
1.00e+0
x-velocity
5.00e−1
y-velocity
2.00e−1 z-velocity
1.00e−1 k

5.00e−2 omega

2.00e−2
1.00e−2
Residuals

5.00e−3

2.00e−3
1.00e−3
5.00e−4

2.00e−4
1.00e−4
5.00e−5

2.00e−5
1.00e−5
5.00e−6

50 100 150 200

Iterations

report-def-0-rplot

report-def-0-rplot

report-def-0
1.00e+0
Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

5.00e−1

0.00e+0

−5.00e−1

50.0000 100.0000 150.0000 200.0000

iteration
Pathlines

pathlines-2

pathlines-1