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CFD Analysis Process

This document outlines the steps involved in performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, including: defining the flow problem, creating the geometry using CAD software, generating a mesh, selecting a solver and turbulence model, running the simulation, analyzing results using post-processing software, and verifying and validating the results through comparisons with theoretical solutions, other studies, and experiments. Key aspects are choosing appropriate software at each step and ensuring mesh quality to obtain accurate solutions.

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CFD Analysis Process

This document outlines the steps involved in performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, including: defining the flow problem, creating the geometry using CAD software, generating a mesh, selecting a solver and turbulence model, running the simulation, analyzing results using post-processing software, and verifying and validating the results through comparisons with theoretical solutions, other studies, and experiments. Key aspects are choosing appropriate software at each step and ensuring mesh quality to obtain accurate solutions.

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CFD Analysis

Process(Steps)
Know the flow problem
theoretically (physics)

➢Governing equations
➢Heat transfer
➢Water Wave Equation
➢Turbomachinery
➢Efficiency
➢Aerodynamics
Papers and
Researches
Geometry and
Flow Domain
CAD Software
➢Solidworks
➢Inventor
➢Fusion 360°
➢CATIA
➢Rhino
➢spaceclaim
Solidworks best CAD software (Have a lot of
tutorial in Arabic)
Geometry and
Flow Domain
➢ What I need to design?
➢ what dimensionality of the spatial model is required?
(1D, quasi-1D, 2D, axisymmetric, 3D)
➢ what should the flow domain look like?
➢ specify the boundary conditions(inlet, outlet, body&
fluid domain)
Geometry and
Flow Domain
Hints

➢ file format (IGES, STEP, SAT)


➢ Clean up the geometry (Modeling errors
caused by the user )
Grid & Mesh
Mesh Software
➢ Ansys mesh
➢ ICEM(the best for hexa mesh)
➢ Gambit
➢ Ansys Fluent mesh(new in ANSYS 20 &
21)
➢ Star-ccm+
Grid & Mesh
➢ Mesh is the important step in CFD
➢ Quality of solution
➢ Performance of PC
➢ Time Unstructured mesh tack (1.5-2)
time more than structure mesh
➢ Quality of mesh depend on
(orthogonality & skewness)
Know the
Concept of CFD
➢ Finite Deference Method
➢ Finite Element Method
➢ Finite Volume Method
➢ Turbulence Models
➢ Boundary layers & wall function (Y+)
➢ Solution Method (Simple ,Piso& coupled)
Solver
CFD Software

➢ ANSYS(Fluent & CFX)


➢ Star-ccm+
➢ Solidworks
➢ Open foam(open source)
➢ COMSOL
➢ Autodesk
➢ Paraview
Solver
➢ Steady or transient
➢ What Turbulence models used
➢ fluid material properties
➢ boundary conditions
Results
Results Software
➢ Ansys CFD-Post
➢ Ensigt
➢ Tecplot
➢ Paraview
➢ Star-ccm+
➢ openfoam
Results
➢ Contours of (Velocity , pressure , Temperature &
Turbulence )
➢ Curve
➢ Numerical result
➢ Fluid flow video
Error & Uncertainty

ERROR
➢ a recognizable deficiency in a CFD model that is
NOT CAUSED BY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
▪ Numerical errors
▪ Coding errors
▪ User errors
Error & Uncertainty

Uncertainty
➢ a recognizable deficiency in a CFD model that is
CAUSED BY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
▪ discrepancies between design, real and/or CFD
geometries
▪ incomplete info on boundary conditions
▪ incomplete info on material (fluid) properties
Verification and
Validation
According to AIAA (American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics)
definitions (‫)المعهد األمريكي للمالحة الجوية والفضاء‬

➢ Verification
amounts to looking for errors in the
implementation of the models (loosely
speaking: “are we solving the equations
right”?)
Verification and
Validation
➢ Validation
amounts to checking if the model itself
is adequate (loosely speaking: “Are we
solving the right equations”?)
Verification and
Validation

Any CFD Paper Should Have Verification and


Validation
How I know my results
are correct?
➢ Experiences
➢ Comparison with theoretical solution
➢ Comparison with Paper
➢ Comparison with real experiment
Next video
Turbulence Models
Thank you For
Watching
Any Question or Opinion

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