StepbyStepInstructions
Theseinstructionsdetailhowtocalculatethevelocityfieldintheflowthroughtwoverylong,verywide plates.Theflowisa2Dcalculationwithsteadyinflowboundaryconditionwithvelocityequalto 0.0000175m/sandzeropressureexitboundarycondition.Thewallsarenoslip.Wealsodemonstrate howtomakedifferenttypesofplotsfromtheresults. Thebasicstrategyisthis: 1. Initializetheprogramsettings 2. Drawtheflowdomain 3. Designafiniteelementmeshonwhichtodothenumericalcalculations(see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_methodformoreonthefiniteelementmethod).Good 1 19December2010
Part1:SelectProblemType
Startup 1. ClicktheStartbutton,pointtoAllProgramsOtherAppsCOMSOL4.0aCOMSOL Multiphysics4.0a TheprogramopensupintheModelNavigator 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select2DfromtheSpaceDimensiondropdownlist Clickthearrow fornextpage ClicktheplussignattheFluidFlowModule,SinglePhaseFlow,LaminarFlow(spf). Clickthearrow fornextpage ClicktheplussingatthePresentStudiesandselectStationary. .
7. Clicktheflag
Part2:SetuptheFlowGeometryandPhysicsSettings
GeometrySetting 8. TobringuptheRectangle/squareselectDrawRectangleanddraganysizedrectangleonthe GraphicsWindow 9. Toentertheexactdimensions:ClicktheplussignatGeometry1,andselectRectangle1(r1). Enterthedimensionsshownbelow
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Part3:BoundaryConditionsandMeshGeneration
Boundaryconditions Inlet 14. RightclickLaminarFlow(spf)fromtheMolderBuilderandselectInlet. 15. OntheGraphicsWindowselectboundary2(bottom)andunderboundaries,choose
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Outlet
MeshGeneration
Part3:Solve
24. InMolderBuilder,Study1rightclickonandselectCompute.
Part4:GeneratePlotsandVisualizetheSolution
ArrowSurface 25. 26. 27. 28. Inresults:Clicktheplussignat2DPlotGroup1andselectSurface1. RightclickonSurface1andselectDisabletocleantheplotview Rightclickon2DPlotGroup1fromTheMolderBuildermenuandselectArrowSurface UnderArrowPositioningselect15pointsinxgridpointsand15pointsinygridpoints
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32. InCutLine2Dselectx1=0,x2=0.02,y1=0andy2=0.
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38. InData,XAxisDataselectArclength
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PressureProfileGeneration
44. InCutLine2DunderLineDataenterx1=0.01,x2=0.01,y1=0andy2=0.1
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47. InData,YAxisData.ClickonReplaceExpressioniconandselectLaminarFlow,Pressure(p)
48. InData,XAxisDataselectArclength
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Part5:ExportData
52. Choosethedesired1Dplotgroupandtheexporticonwillappearinthetoolbaratthetop. 53. SelecttheExportIconandchooseappropriatesettings.ClickonExportIconintheplotwindow
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