3 Replies Latest reply on May 29, 2015 2:28 PM by Amit Katz

Temperature flow simulation

Andrew Dorscheid May 29, 2015 9:52 AM

I've looked around the forums but I can't seem to find the answer to this basic problem. I'm trying to simulate a flow of air through a nozzle with an inlet of around 373K. When I do the normal flow simulation it outputs velocity on the outlet but I want the temperature of the air at the outlet at the streamlines. I Feel like there would be a simple way to do this, I just haven't found it on the forums yet. Help please.

I am only using FloXpress since I am a beginner when it comes to Solidworks, but if there are any videos or tutorials to go through to do this calculation that involves using the more advanced flow simulation I would gladly look at them as well.

Re: Temperature flow simulation

Andrei Popov May 29, 2015 1:58 PM (in response to Andrew Dorscheid)

I am not sure you can set a goal in FlowXpress because I am using Flow Simulation, but if you can then you should set a Goal Surface on the surface that defines the outlet and then in the list you have there Fluid Temperature or just Temperature. There is also Solid Temperature in case you have heat transfer through solids, but not in your case. You can select there if you want Average or Max value, also you can select if you want to be a convergence parameter or just a monitored parameter.
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  Andrew Dorscheid May 29, 2015 2:24 PM (in response to Andrei Popov)
  
  OK I'm doing that now. What does the last checkmark mean, the convergence parameter?
  
  Thank you for helping me out
  
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    Amit Katz May 29, 2015 2:28 PM (in response to Andrew Dorscheid)
    
    The convergence checkbox is for whether or not you'd like that goal to be considered as one of the criteria of the solution convergence (in your case I would say "yes", since you are interested in that parameter.)
    
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