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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation

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May 15, 2018

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Table of Contents
1 General Information .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Analysis Environment ................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Model Information ..................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Project Comments: .................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Size of Computational Domain ...................................................................................... 1
1.5 Simulation Parameters ................................................................................................ 1
1.5.1 Mesh Settings ........................................................................................................ 1
1.5.2 Material Settings .................................................................................................... 2
1.5.3 Initial Conditions .................................................................................................... 2
1.5.4 Boundary Conditions ............................................................................................... 2
1.5.5 Volumetric Heat Sources .......................................................................................... 2
1.5.6 Engineering Goals ................................................................................................... 3
1.6 Analysis Time ........................................................................................................... 4
2 Results ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Analysis Goals ........................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Global Min-Max-Table .................................................................................................. 5
2.3 Results ................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 6
3 Appendix ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Material Data............................................................................................................ 7

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1 General Information
Objective of the simulation: SG Av Static Pressure, SG Av Total Pressure 1, SG Av Velocity (Z) 1, SG Normal Force
(X) 1, SG Normal Force (Z) 1 and SG Torque (Z) 1
Where SG means surface goal

1.1 Analysis Environment

Software Product: Flow Simulation 2017 SP1.0. Build: 3675
CPU Type: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU B800 @ 1.50GHz
CPU Speed: 1500 MHz
RAM: 8135 MB / 134217727 MB
Operating System: Windows 10 (or higher) (Version 10.0.10586)

1.2 Model Information

Model Name: turbine assembly.SLDASM
Project Name: turbine assembly sim

1.3 Project Comments:

Unit System: SI (m-kg-s)
Analysis Type: External (not exclude internal spaces)

1.4 Size of Computational Domain

Size
X min -2.346 m
X max 14.181 m
Y min 4.472 m
Y max 11.076 m
Z min -11.631 m
Z max 14.586 m

1.5 Simulation Parameters

1.5.1 Mesh Settings
1.5.1.1 Basic Mesh

Basic Mesh Dimensions

Number of cells in X 32
Number of cells in Y 36
Number of cells in Z 49

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1.5.1.2 Analysis Mesh
Total Cell count: 57037
Fluid Cells: 57037
Solid Cells: 213
Partial Cells: 291
Trimmed Cells: 0

1.5.1.3 Additional Physical Calculation Options

Heat Transfer Analysis: Heat conduction in solids: Off
Flow Type: Laminar and turbulent
Time-Dependent Analysis: Off
Gravity: Off
Radiation:
Humidity:
Default Wall Roughness: 0 micrometer

1.5.2 Material Settings

Material Settings
Fluids
Water

1.5.3 Initial Conditions

Ambient Conditions
Thermodynamic parameters Static Pressure: 101325.00 Pa
Temperature: 293.20 K
Velocity parameters Velocity vector
Velocity in X direction: 0 m/s
Velocity in Y direction: 0 m/s
Velocity in Z direction: -5.000 m/s
Turbulence parameters

1.5.4 Boundary Conditions

Boundary Conditions
Real Wall 1
Type Real wall
Faces Face<1>@mast-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Reference axis X

1.5.5 Volumetric Heat Sources

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1.5.6 Engineering Goals

Goals
Surface Goals
SG Av Static Pressure 1
Type Surface Goal
Goal type Static Pressure
Calculate Average value
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

SG Av Total Pressure 1
Type Surface Goal
Goal type Total Pressure
Calculate Average value
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

SG Av Velocity (Z) 1
Type Surface Goal
Goal type Velocity (Z)
Calculate Average value
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

SG Normal Force (X) 1

Type Surface Goal
Goal type Normal Force (X)
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3

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Coordinate system
Use in convergence
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Global coordinate system
On

SG Normal Force (Y) 1

Type Surface Goal
Goal type Normal Force (Y)
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

SG Normal Force (Z) 1

Type Surface Goal
Goal type Normal Force (Z)
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

SG Torque (Z) 1
Type Surface Goal
Goal type Torque (Z)
Faces Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-2
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Face<2>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-3
Face<1>@assembly 2-1/turbine blade-1
Coordinate system Global coordinate system
Use in convergence On

1.6 Analysis Time

Calculation Time: 1998 s
Number of Iterations: 109
Warnings:

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2 Results
2.1 Analysis Goals

Goals
Name Unit Value Progress Criteria Delta Use in
convergence
SG Av Static Pa 73888.23 100 10417.9448 6117.82838 On
Pressure 1
SG Av Total Pa 158597.14 100 10417.9445 6117.81937 On
Pressure 1
SG Av m/s -3.501 100 3.50122599e- 0 On
Velocity (Z) 008
1
SG Normal N 29.549 100 3.55764729 3.42621586 On
Force (X) 1
SG Normal N 2.821 100 1.2719462 0.166077519 On
Force (Y) 1
SG Normal N -0.005 100 0.230267137 0.0560031406 On
Force (Z) 1
SG Torque N*m -154.625 100 27.1325266 20.5434492 On
(Z) 1

2.2 Global Min-Max-Table

Min/Max Table
Name Minimum Maximum
Density (Fluid) [kg/m^3] 997.52 997.59
Pressure [Pa] -456863.48 340542.58
Temperature [K] 293.10 293.37
Temperature (Fluid) [K] 293.10 293.37
Velocity [m/s] 0 21.567
Velocity (X) [m/s] -9.164 18.534
Velocity (Y) [m/s] -16.117 16.237
Velocity (Z) [m/s] -19.775 6.733
Velocity RRF [m/s] 0 83.119
Velocity RRF (X) [m/s] -65.788 71.222
Velocity RRF (Y) [m/s] -70.909 79.195
Velocity RRF (Z) [m/s] -48.959 28.520
Vorticity [1/s] 1.42e-006 81.67
Relative Pressure [Pa] -558188.48 239217.58
Shear Stress [Pa] 0 842.46
Heat Transfer Coefficient 0 0
[W/m^2/K]
Surface Heat Flux [W/m^2] 0 0

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Surface Heat Flux (Convective) 0 0
[W/m^2]
Acoustic Power [dB] 0 0

2.3 Results

2.4 Conclusion

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3 Appendix
3.1 Material Data

Engineering Database
Liquids
Water
Path: Liquids Pre-Defined
Density
Density[kg/m^3]

Temperature[K]

Dynamic viscosity
Dynamic viscosity[Pa*s]

Temperature[K]

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Specific heat (Cp)
Specific heat (Cp)[J/(kg*K)]

Temperature[K]

Thermal conductivity
Thermal conductivity[W/(m*K)]

Temperature[K]

Cavitation effect: Yes

Temperature: 0 K
Saturation pressure: 0 Pa
Radiation properties: No