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Compressible Flow in a Nozzle - Geometry
Creado por Disabled Account Alumni Benjamin J Mullen, modificado por última vez por Keith Alexander Works el mar 01, 2019

Author: Benjamin Mullen, Cornell University

Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Exercises
Comments

Geometry
 This page goes through the geometry steps for the Compressible Flow in a Nozzle in the
SpaceClaim geometry engine included with ANSYS Workbench. For instructions on creating the
geometry using DesignModeler, see this page.

We will use the axisymmetric option in FLUENT. This solves the governing equations in the cylindrical
coordinate system with no dependence on the circumferential coordinate. So pressure, velocity etc. will
depend only on the axial (x in FLUENT) and radial (y in FLUENT) coordinates.

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n a NozzleCreate Domain

https://youtu.be/hcmCuiQ7gMg
Summary of the above video:
1. Drag Fluid Flow (FLUENT) to the Project Schematic
a. Rename it Compressible Nozzle Flow (Note: Later videos might show a different name here.)
2. Right-click on Geometry > Properties
a. Analysis Type > 2D
3. Right-click on Geometry and select New SpaceClaim Geometry
4. Go to File > SpaceClaim Options > Units
a. For Length, select Meters
b. Set Minor grid spacing to 0.1m
c. Click OK
5. Select New Sketch, choose XY plane, then click Plan View
a. Under the Sketch tab, select Equation
b. Curve Type = Custom
c. Set limits of (t) from -0.5 to 0.5
d. Change Scale to 1000
6. Click the button next to the definition of Y
a. Enter the following equation: Sqrt (([ t ]*[ t ] + 0.1)/3.1416)
b. Close the little equation box
c. Click the green check mark
d. Escape, Escape
e. Rename as nozzle_wall
7. Select Line tool in Sketch tab
a. Ensure you get "Snapping to Curve" when selecting one of the ends
b. Complete the domain according to the problem specification
8. Enter 3D mode
9. Exit SpaceClaim and Save

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