COMPUTATIONAL FLUID
DYNAMICS (CFD)
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP 4
Group Members:
1. Yeap Xin Wei
18056
2. Yee Jian Chang
17944
3. Tee Degen
18197
4. Sharon Cheng Wyei Yee 17897
Lecturer:
Dr. Mohammad Shakir Nasif
PRE PROCESSOR
Sketching, Extruding.
Generating mesh.
SKETCHING
EXTRUDING
Click modeling tab,
extrude the whole body
by insert the duct width
X=0.15m.
Click generate.
NAME SELECTION
Next, we proceed to
naming the
selection.
Click face, and
choose the face,
right click select
create named
selection.
Name the face as
inlet, outlet and
heat source.
SOLVER
In this step, the setup panel in the project block is selected to define
boundary conditions for the model and determine the relevant
calculations needed for our analysis.
COARSE MESH
FINE MESH
ITERATIONS
Generate a sequence of approximate solutions to the system that converges
to the exact solution. Afterrunning a number ofiterations, we obtain an
approximation to the exact solution.
COARSE MESH
Number of iterations =
200
After 71 iterations the
solution is converged
Time taken for the
iterations is 5.83
seconds
FINE MESH
Number of iterations =
200
After 91 iterations the
solution is converged
Time taken for the
iterations is 11.83
seconds
CONVERGENCE
A converged solution means that the solver has done its job and produced
the best solution it can for the given problem.
There are other factors that are involved, most notably the influence of
discretization (grid system) and problem definition (user setup). A poor
quality or overly coarse grid system as well as user errors in setup could
cause the solver to produce inaccurate results.
All discrete conservation equations (momentum, energy, etc.) are obeyed in
all cells to a specified tolerance OR the solution no longer changes with
subsequent iterations.
COARSE MESH
COARSE MESH
FINE MESH
FINE MESH
Z VELOCITY
X VELOCITY
ENERGY
7.6883E-07 6.9888E-07
Y VELOCITY
Z VELOCITY
X VELOCITY
ENERGY
6.08%
Y VELOCITY
4.33%