Assigning the inlet average velocity and temperature

Altair Inspire Fluid – Setting up a Fluid Flow Simulation

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Altair Inspire Fluid – Setting up a Fluid Flow Simulation

Inspire Fluids supports internal flow and thermal-related simulations.

Internal fluid flow is shown in the following steps:

Step 1: Import Geometry

In this example, a manifold is imported. It is, however, possible for geometry to be modelled directly within Inspire.

Manifold geometry
Figure 1: Manifold geometry

Step 2: Designate the fluid domain

Click on the Designate Fluid Domain icon, and the fluid domain is automatically selected.

Selection of the fluid domain
Figure 2: Selection of the fluid domain

Right-click on the fluid domain to select and assign the material.

Selecting and assigning the material for the fluid domain
Figure 3: Selecting and assigning the material for the fluid domain

Step 3: Set up inlets

Click on the Inlet icon, select the inlet of the manifold, and apply the average velocity and inlet temperature.

Assigning the inlet average velocity and temperature
Figure 4: Assigning the inlet average velocity and temperature

Step 4: Set up outlets

Click on the Outlet icon and select the manifold outlets to apply outlet pressure.

Application of the outlet pressures of the manifold
Figure 5: Application of the outlet pressures of the manifold

Step 5: Set up solver settings

Click on the Custom Fluids Run icon.

Select the Simulation tab.

simulation set-up
Figure 6: simulation set-up
  • The appropriate settings are selected for this tutorial.
  • Click the Zone Refinement icon, then use the white arrows to adjust the refinement box to specify critical regions of the flow geometry for the analysis.
Positioning of the zone refinement box in the domain
Figure 7: Positioning of the zone refinement box in the domain
  • Click Run to start the simulation.

Step 6: View run status and plots

Click the View Convergence Plot satellite icon to view the plots from your analysis. Thus allowing you to check the convergence of the simulation.

Convergence plots
Figure 8: Convergence plots

Step 7: Post-processing

The analysis explorer shows the contours of the flow parameters, streamlines, animations, and vectors for your analysis results.

Contour plot of the pressure
Figure 9: Contour plot of the pressure
Streamlines
Figure 10: Streamlines
Vectors
Figure 11: Vectors
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