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Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Fluent Inc. 1 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Orientation u Agenda for Week: u Facilities l u Training rooms, Lunch rooms, and Bathrooms Training l Problem Setup n n l l Creating the model: geometry and mesh generation Using the Solver: setup and execution Establish contact with support staff Begin your own CFD project! n We recommend doing all Gambit and relevant Fluent tutorials first. 2 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Detailed Agenda (Day 1) 8: 00 -8: 30 -9: 00 -9: 30 -11: 15 -12: 00 -1: 00 -2: 00 -4: 00 -5: 00 Introduction to Fluent Inc. Introduction to CFD Analysis Demonstration: Overview of the CFD Process Tutorial Session I Solver Basics Lunch Boundary Conditions Tutorial Session II Turbulence Modeling 3 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Detailed Agenda (Day 2) 8: 00 -9: 00 -10: 30 -11: 15 -12: 00 -1: 00 -2: 00 -3: 30 -5: 00 Solver Settings Tutorial Session III Heat Transfer and Thermal Boundary Conditions User Defined Functions (Optional) Lunch Tutorial Session IV: Post-processing Multiphase Modeling (Optional) Combustion Modeling (Optional) 4 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 About Fluent: History Creare Inc. 1961 1983 Creare Inc. CFD Group 1988 Fluent Inc. 1964 Aavid Thermal Technologies u Aavid Thermal Technologies 1995 Aavid Thermal Technologies Fluent Inc. 1996 Fluent Incorporating FDI and POLYFLOW Fluent now has more than 10 offices located in Europe, Asia, and the U. S. A. 5 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Organization Aero Auto Material Sales Chemical Support Power HVAC Consulting • Engineers and staff are assigned to industry teams. • Each team has their own sales, support, and consulting groups. 6 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Fluent Support Online u User Services Center l Access through fluent. com n l Services n n n n u must be registered user Release Information Download Updates Documentation Supported Platforms Defects/Workarounds Presentations Training ftp’ing files to support l l l ftp to ftp. fluent. com log on as ftp and use email address for password cd to incoming/xxx and put appropriate support files (binary). n xxx = support engineer identifier 7 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Advanced Training on CD-ROM u u Advanced training available on CD-ROM Can be purchased online l l Turbulence Modeling User Defined Functions Combustion Multiphase 8 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 User Group Meetings u Attend the annual UGM and: l l u meet with the users and staff of Fluent attend short-courses learn of other Fluent applications presented by users provide input to future development of software Worldwide User Group Meetings: l USA (Danvers MA, MI, CA) n l European Meetings n l typ. Mid-June typ. Mid-September through early October Asia-Pacific Meetings n typ. Mid-October through early November 9 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Fluent CFD Product Line u Fluent Inc. offers several different CFD software packages. l Each package differs in the solver technology used and the industrial applications on which they are focused. 10 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 FLUENT 4. 5 and FLUENT 5 u Fluent 5 Applications: l l l u Internal and external automotive flows High speed aerodynamics Rocket flows Turbomachinery Reactor Vessels Surface pressure distribution in an automotive engine cooling jacket. Fluent 4. 5 Applications: l l Cyclones Bubble Columns Mixing tanks Fluidized Beds Instantaneous solids concentration in a riser indicating uniform distribution of catalyst at the riser head. 11 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 FIDAP u Example: Pulsatile flow in an artery with a compliant vein graft. FIDAP Applications: l l l Polymer processing: non. Newtonian flow in extrusion dies Thin film coating flows Biomedical: oxygenators, blood pumps, deforming arteries Semiconductor crystal growth Other metal, glass, and chemical processing problems Velocity contour plot deforming artery rigid artery initial mesh u=u(t), sinusoidal inlet velocity rigid wall compliant wall rigid wall Time history plot of wall shear rate. Deformations cannot be neglected! 12 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 POLYFLOW u POLYFLOW Applications: l l l Extrusion, coextrusion, die design Blow molding, thermoforming Film casting, glass sheet forming/stretching, fiber drawing Chemical reactions, foaming Viscoelastic flows (“memory effects”) Inverse Die Design: Determines die geometry based upon desired extruded shape. Requested part shape and calculated die lip shape for a rubber car door seal. Blow molding simulation of a gas tank using the membrane element. 13 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Ice. Pak u Ice. Pak is focused on electronics cooling design: l u Cooling airflow, heat conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer The user interface and automatic meshing are tailored for applications such as: l l Cabinet design Fan placement Board-level design Heat sink evaluation Flow pathlines and temperature distribution in a fan-cooled computer cabinet. 14 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Mix. Sim u u Mix. Sim is a specialized user interface that allows quick and easy set-up of mixing tank simulations. The tank size, bottom shape, baffle configuration, number and type of impellers, etc. are specified directly. The mesh and complete problem definition are then automatically created. Other features include: l l l Impeller libraries from leading equipment manufacturers Transient sliding mesh, steady-state multiple reference frame models Non-Newtonian rheology 15 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Pre-processor: Gambit u A single, integrated pre-processor for CFD analysis. l l Geometry creation Mesh generation Mesh quality examination Boundary zone assignment 16 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Pre-processor: TGrid u u A pre-processor for tet/hybrid mesh generation. Useful when starting with triangular surface mesh. 17 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Documentation CD’s u u Separate CD for each product (e. g. , FLUENT 5, TGrid, etc. ) containing all the manuals for that product. Three formats available: l HTML n l Adobe Acrobat PDF n l for high quality printing of one or many pages Fluent 5 CD Documentation html homepage Adobe Post. Script n u for general viewing, searching, limited printing for high quality printing of one or many pages A script is included which can (optionally) install the documentation. 18 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020

Fluent Software Training TRN-00 -002 Evaluation Forms u u Evaluation forms are provided in your folder. Your feedback helps us improve our training material and methods. x 19 © Fluent Inc. 11/30/2020