Setup and Solution

c. Run the Full Multigrid (FMG) initialization.

FMG initialization often facilitates an easier start-up, where no CFL (Courant Friedrichs Lewy) ramping
is necessary, thereby reducing the number of iterations for convergence.

i. Press Enter in the console to get the command prompt (>).

ii. Enter the text commands and input responses as shown in the boxes. Accept the default values by
pressing Enter when no input response is given:

solve/initialize/set-fmg-initialization

Customize your FMG initialization:

set the number of multigrid levels [5]

set FMG parameters on levels ..

residual reduction on level 1 is: [0.001]

number of cycles on level 1 is: [10] 100

residual reduction on level 2 is: [0.001]

number of cycles on level 2 is: [50] 100

residual reduction on level 3 is: [0.001]

number of cycles on level 3 is: [100]

residual reduction on level 4 is: [0.001]

number of cycles on level 4 is: [500]

residual reduction on level 5 [coarsest grid] is: [0.001]

number of cycles on level 5 is: [500]

* FMG customization complete

set FMG courant-number [0.75]

enable FMG verbose? [no] yes

solve/initialize/fmg-initialization
Enable FMG initialization? [no] yes

Note

Whenever FMG initialization is performed, it is important to inspect the FMG initialized

flow field using the postprocessing tools of ANSYS Fluent. Monitoring the normalized
residuals, which are plotted in the console window, will give you an idea of the conver-
gence of the FMG solver. You should notice that the value of the normalized residuals
decreases. For information about FMG initialization, including convergence strategies,
see the Fluent User's Guide.

5. Save the case and data files (airfoil.cas.gz and airfoil.dat.gz).

File → Write → Case & Data...

It is good practice to save the case and data files during several stages of your case setup.

6. Start the calculation by requesting 50 iterations.

Solving → Run Calculation

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