Hello,
I need to creating a simulation in solidworks flow with both flow and heat transfer. I created lids to define the fluid domain however I do not want them to be part of the thermal analysis since they are not real parts of the assembly. Is there a way to exclude these lids?
Thanks in advance
Hi Adam,
Thank you for the response. I tried to do that but when I un-tick the lids, it seems that the geometry created by the lids unresolves and that the bondary condition that was on the surface of the lid is deactivated.
Is there a way to prevent that?
Thanks
Hi Gaelle,
Without looking at your project, I am only guessing. It is probably best not to use lids to define the fluid domain.
Could you instead create a new configuration of the part containing the holes, and suppress your hole features?
Unless you specifically need a fluid to flow through the holes that would work. However, If you need the fluid to flow through those holes why create a fluid boundary there?
Adam
Hi Adam,
I have those lids to define the domain of the fluid and the fluid is flowing through those holes. I actually found a way to suppress the lids from the heat analysis by defining its material as an insulator. I used to use another program before for CFD simulation and you could apply the boundary condition directly to the fluid once the fluid domain was created but I don't think there is a way to do that with Solidworks. Or is there?
Thank you very much for all your help, it is much appreciated!
Gaelle
In SW2013 with Flowsim 2013 it is done like this:
Top toolbar > Flow Simulation > Component control
Un-tick the boxes in each row of your lid parts. (These should be called LID1-1 LID2-1.... etc... )
They should then be omitted from the study.