CFXReviewDay.ppt

* * * * * Review and Tips 15-* ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Release 13.0 December 2010 Training Manual 15-* ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Release 13.0 December 2010 Chapter 15Review and Tips Introduction to CFX  Domain Interfaces Domain Interfaces can be used as part of a meshing strategy as well as for connecting different domains or reference frames together Boundary conditions are created in each domain when a Domain Interface is created; generally you should not edit these directly When the mesh is different on each side of the interface a GGI (General Grid Interface) is used This will use more memory in the Solver than a continuous mesh Accuracy across a GGI interface is usually not a concern as long as the mesh length scales on each side are similar Automatic Domain Interfaces are created by CFX-Pre in some cases Always check these and don’t assume that all the required Domain Interfaces have been created Sources Sources are used to account for physics or processes that have not been directly resolved in the simulation Momentum sources can be used to create a pressure drop (e.g. a screen, a porous material) or a pressure rise (e.g. a fan) Energy sources can account for heat added/removed from the simulation When sources are functions of the solved variable (e.g. momentum sources that are functions of velocity, energy sources that are functions of temperature) the Source Coefficient should be set The Source Coefficient must be negative otherwise the solver will diverge May need to re-write the Source so that is has a negative derivative Transient Simulations In a transient analysis the timestep should be small enough to capture the transient behaviour of interest Boundary conditions can be functions of time Convergence should be monitored so that each timestep is converged It is generally better to reduce the overall timestep size to improve convergence rather than increasing the