How to Start Learning ANSYS Workbench

Model a copper base plate and aluminium heat sink for a conjugate heat transfer problem by creating a symmetric base plate with fins in SpaceClaim and merging into a solid.

Sketch the enclosure on the XY plane, extrude to form a 105 mm wide fluid domain around the heatsink, and enable conformal mesh via share topology for conjugate heat transfer.

Create named selections for inlet, outlet, walls, heat source, and heatsink using the groups tab, enabling Fluent to detect boundaries and prepare a heatsink with a fluid domain.

Create a polyhex-core mesh in fluent meshing using g grid with watertight geometry, adjusted min/max element sizes, two to three cells through fins, and boundary layers before switching to fluent.

Inspect the mesh for errors and positive minimum volume, then run a fluent simulation with energy using the k-omega SST model and assign air, copper, and aluminum, including boundary conditions.

Configure default methods and generate heat sink temperature and heat transfer reports in ANSYS Workbench, tuning convergence and using hybrid initialization with a 0.084 m hydraulic diameter and 500 iterations.

Learn to initialize ANSYS Workbench via TUI commands, apply FMG initialization with a 0.75 blending factor, monitor convergence, and extract heatsink flow results after 200 iterations.

Post-process fluent results to visualize heat transfer with temperature contours and isosurfaces on heatsink walls and midplane, then evaluate inlet–outlet pressure, temperatures, and total heat flux for cooling insights.

Visualize fluid flow with advanced vector and streamline post-processing in fluent using scene options; observe recirculation behind a heat sink and heat transfer colorized by 303–315 K pathlines.

Simulate a 3d mixing tank with a Rushton turbine using single-phase flow and the mrf approach at a fixed angular velocity, with turbine cad prep and shaft integration.

Create a rotor cell zone around turbine to assign rotation in the fluid domain. Sketch a 70 mm circle and pull up 20 mm to form enclosure in ANSYS Workbench.

Create a conformal mesh for MRF by sharing topology in workbench, name boundaries with selections (symmetry top, wall fluid, wall, wall shaft), check geometry, then close SpaceClaim.

Create a polyhedral mesh by importing geometry, enabling double precision, and applying three boundary layers with 0.01 m height, then generate surface and volume meshes with max size 0.025 m.

Assign water liquid to all cell zones in Fluent, enable frame motion, and rotate the turbine about the z axis at 50 rad/s, using moving wall boundary conditions.

Use default solution methods and transient sliding mesh with mesh motion instead of MRF; set up a moment report on wall blades, run 250 iterations while monitoring residuals.

plot and compare static pressure and velocity contours on yz and z planes to reveal high pressure near turbine blades and tank walls, with opposing velocity vectors indicating fluid recirculation.

Visualize rotating flow around turbine blades using pathlines, color by velocity, and MRF in Ansys Fluent; create scenes, adjust mesh, and view torque in reports.