Ansys Fluent = Learn how to use the Ansys Fluent effectively

Student asked a   question how to setup the porous zone.

This tutorial is showing how to   set-up the porous zone step by step   

Chapter:1=Overview of the CFD Process

• Introduction

• What is CFD

• How does CFD Work

• Steps

• Define Your Modeling Goal

• Identify the Domain You will Model

• Create a Solid Model of the Domain

• Design and Create a Mesh

• Set-up the Solver

• Compute the Solution

• Examine the Result

• Consider Revisions to the Model

Chapter  02: Setting Up Domain

• Introduction

• Graphical User Interface(GUI)

Demo 1: Pipe 

Using the steps,specified below, to simulate your model from scratch..

STEPS:

• Define Your Modeling Goal

• Identify the Domain You will Model

• Create a Solid Model of the Domain

• Design and Create a Mesh

• Set-up the Solver

• Compute the Solution

• Examine the Result

• Consider Revisions to the Model 

Setting up Physics

• How to define material properties

• How to define cell zone conditions in Fluent including solid zones and porous media

• The different boundary condition types in Fluent and how to use them

• How to specify well-posed boundary conditions

• Porous Zone 

Setting Up Domain Workshop

• Simplify the Model

• Create a Mesh

• Defining Physical Model such as Turbulance and Energy

• Selecting Material Property

• Defining Boundary Conditions

• Setting up solution monitors

• Running the simulation

• Post Processing 

Postprocessing

• Fluent Post-processing Tools

• CFD Post Application

• Surface

• Create

• Graphics

• Mesh

• Contour

• Vector

• Pathlines

• Plots

• XY Plot

• Residual

• Interpolated Data

• Report

• Fluxes

• Forces

• Surface Integrals

• Volume Integrals

• Animation

Demo 2: Mixing Tee 

Postprocessing Workshop      

• Creating surfaces for   postprocessing        

• Creating   graphics objects such as contours and vectors       

• Composing and   displaying scenes using scene objects       

• Alphanumeric   postprocessing of fluxes, forces and integral quantities       

• Defining new   variables using custom field functions     

• Basic usage   of CFD-Post   

Solver Type       

• Pressure Based       

• Density Based       

Controls       

• Under-relaxation   Factor       

• Solution   Controls       

Solution   Method       

• Simple       

• Simplec       

• PISO       

• Couple       

Initialization      

• Standard   Initialization       

• Hybrid   Initialization       

• FMG   Initialization       

• Starting from a Previous Solution       

Interpolation   Methods for Pressure      

• Standard        

• PRESTO       

• Linear        

• Second-Order        

• Body Force   Weighted        

Discretization   (Interpolation Methods)       

• First-Order   Upwind        

• Second-Order   Upwind        

• Monotone   

• Upstream-Centered Schemes for Conservation Laws (MUSCL)        

• Quadratic   Upwind Interpolation (QUICK)        

Interpolation   Methods (Gradients)       

• Green-Gauss   Cell-Based        

• Green-Gauss   Node-Based        

• Least-Squares   Cell-Based        

Converge       

Demo :   Manifold   

Workshop= Solving      

• Effect of   discretization        

• What to do when convergence problems are encountered     

• What to do if the residuals converge but report plots are still changing     

• How to make   full use of Report Definitions   

Parameters and Design Points      

• Introduction       

• Parameters in   Fluent       

• Defining   Input Parameters       

• Defining   Output Parameter       

• Parameters   Management       

• Design Point       

• Working with   

• Design Points       

• Design Point   Update       

• Design Point   Retain       

• Design Point   Initialization     

Demo : Mixing   Tee    

Parametric Study of an   AirConditioning System       

• Constrain   WB input parameters to a range of values       

• Define input and output parameters in Fluent       

• Create and execute a table of design points to study how the   positions of three independent valves affect flow rates and temperatures in   the AC system