SILVER OAK UNIVERSITY

AHMEDABAD

College of Technology

Bachelor of Technology

in

Aeronautical Engineering

Silver Oak College of Engineering and

Technology Aditya Silver Oak Institute of

Technology

Semester – VI

Computational Fluid Dynamics

(1010013320)
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (1010013320).

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

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Exp.No:1

Design a 3D CAD Model

Aim
The Aim is to design a 3D CAD Model using ANSYS Simulation Software
(Student version/ College’s Lab Computers) in DesignModeler.

Introduction
1. We are Going to create a 3D CAD model using ANSYS Simulation Software.
2. Open the ANSYS Software in your pc.
3. In the toolbox, maximize Component System, and open Geometry (Double
click/ Drag and drop Geometry) in Project Schematic.
4. Right click on Geometry and open Edit Geometry in DesignModeler.

Procedure
1. Now select XYPlane, right click on it and click on Look at.
2. Go to Sketching, select Rectangle and draw one rectangle.
3. Select Constraints and select Equal length, and select two adjacent edges of
the rectangle.
4. Go to dimensions, select one edge and give it the length of 2.5 m
5. Then Extrude the sketch, give the depth of 2.5 m, and click the Generate
button.
6. One 3D Cube will form.
7. Select any face of the cube and go sketching and draw one circle in the center
of the face.
8. Again select Extrude option, now instead of add material, select cut material
in Operation, select Extend type to Through all, and click Generate button.
9. Hence, our geometry is formed.
Geometry

Result
Therefore, This is how we can Design a 3D CAD Model in ANSYS’s
DesignModeler.
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Exp.No:2

Generating Mesh/Grid in Model(2D Geometry)

Aim
The Aim is to create Mesh using ANSYS Simulation Software in 2D Geometry.

Introduction
1. We are Going to create a Mesh/Grid using ANSYS Simulation Software in 2D
Geometry, On Square, Triangle ,and Circle.
2. Open the ANSYS Software in your pc.
3. In the toolbox, maximise Component System, and open Geometry (Double
click/ Drag and drop Geometry) in Project Schematic.
4. Right click on Geometry and open Edit Geometry in DesignModeler.
5. Same way open Meshing.

Procedure
1. Now select XYPlane, right click on it and click on Look at.
2. Go to Sketching, create a Square, triangle, and circle.
3. Go to Concept, select Surface from Sketches, and select sketch1.
4. Click on the Generate button, three Surfaces will be formed, and now Close
the DesignModeler.
5. Double click on meshing, Darg geometry from A and Drop it on Geometry
of B.
6. Right click on Mesh and click edit.
7. Click Generate to see the default meshing in all three surfaces.
8. Mesh is created.
9. The Mesh in square is saturated mesh and mesh in triangle and circle is
unsaturated mesh.
Geometry

Result
Therefore, This is how we can Create 2D sketch and divide it into smaller
parts/grids in ANSYS Simulation Software.
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Exp.No:3

Study of Laminar flow

Aim
The Aim is to Simulate the Laminar flow in a pipe using ANSYS simulation
Software.

Introduction
We need to create an axisymmetric cross section of a circular pipe in order to
capture the flow through it..

Procedure
1. Open ANSYS, Double Click on Fluid Flow (Fluent).
2. Edit geometry in DesignModeler.
3. Now select XYPlane, right click on it and click on Look at.
4. Go to Sketching, create a Rectangle, Give dimension 100*15 mm.
5. Go to Concept, select Surface from Sketches, and select sketch1.
6. Click on the Generate button, three Surfaces will be formed, and now Close
 the DesignModeler.
7. Right click on Mesh and click edit.
8. Click Generate to see the default meshing in all three surfaces.
9. Mesh is created.
10. Right click on Mesh click on Sizing, Select rectangular surface. And give
appropriate sizing, based on your computer.
11. Again right click on mesh and select Inflation option, Select body of inflation,
and select both 100 mm edge length lines, and give 15 layers of growth.

12. Now Create Name Selection as followed

● Inlet
● Outlet
● Upper Wall
● Axisymmetry
13. Select respective edge, right click on it and select Name Selection (shortcut

key is N) option and give it name, repeat it for the rest of the edges. Then
close the mesh, and update it by right clicking.
14. Open Setup check on Double Precision checkbox and choose no. of cores as
your system has offered to, and Start.
15. In the task page change Planar 2D space to Axisymmetric 2D space.

16. Turn On the Energy Equation, Set solver type to Laminar.

17. Go to Boundary conditions double click on inlet and give it velocity of 0.05
m/s, Click apply and close.
18. Go to solution and Initialize the solution.

19. Now double click on Run Calculation, and give 100 no. of iterations and press
calculate.
 20. The above image shows the calculated result.
Result
This is how the viscosity of fluid affects the shear stress in fluid. Through the
experiment of Laminar flow.

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Exp.No:4

Study of Flow Step Down

Aim
The Aim is to Simulate the Laminar flow in a Step Down chamber using ANSYS
simulation Software.

Introduction
We need to create a Step Down chamber in 2D in designModeler, and we’ll
capture flow inside the geometry.

Procedure
1. Open ANSYS, Double Click on Fluid Flow (Fluent).
2. Edit geometry in DesignModeler, and make geometry as shown in fig.
3. Give dimensions as listed below.
4. Generate Surface from sketch, now select XYPlane and create new sketch
and make two lines as shown in below fig.
5. Open Tools, Select Face Split option select targeted body as this surface and
tool geometry and both lines or points connecting lines. Click the generate
button your surface will be splitted in three parts along these lines.

6. Close DesignModeler and double click on Mesh.

7. As Mesh opens right click on it and select Sizing, select Edge sizing and select
three edges as shown below.
● Edge Sizing 1
● Edge Sizing 2
● Edge Sizing 3
● Edge Sizing 4
 ● Face Meshing

8. Click the Generate button, and below the given mesh will be generated.
9. Now give the named selection as shown below.
10. Close the meshing.
11. Open Setup check on Double Precision checkbox and choose no. of cores as
your system has offered to, and Start.
12. As Setup opens, Turn ON energy equation, set viscous model to laminar.

13. Change the default material air to liquid water, and change it from cell zone
as well.
14. In boundary conditions, Inlet, give 5 m/s of speed to water.
15. Now Initialize the solution with standard initialization from inlet

16. Now run the calculations and give 1000 iterations, and solutions will
converge in a few steps only.
17. Velocity Contour of our solution.
 18. Velocity streamline can be represented as below.
Result
This is how the fluid behaves when a sudden increase in cross section occurs, as we
can see the swirls are formed by the step down geometry we designed.
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Exp.No:5

Study of Lead Driven Cavity

Aim
The Aim is to Simulate the Lead driven cavity using ANSYS simulation Software.

Introduction
We need to create a Square chamber in 2D in designModeler, and we’ll capture
flow inside the geometry.

Procedure
1. Open ANSYS, Double Click on Fluid Flow (Fluent).
2. Edit geometry in DesignModeler.
3. Now select XYPlane, right click on it and click on Look at.
4. Go to Sketching, create a Rectangle, Give dimension 100*100 mm.
5. Go to Concept, select Surface from Sketches, and select sketch1.
6. Click on the Generate button, three Surfaces will be formed, and now Close
the DesignModeler.
7. Now open Mesh and create a mesh of Element size of 0.5 mm.
8. This is what the final mesh will look like.
9. Named selection is shown in bellowed given fig.

10. Close the meshing and Open setup.

11. Open Setup check on Double Precision checkbox and choose no. of cores as
your system has offered to, and Start.
12. As Setup opens, change time selection to Transient Turn ON energy equation,
set viscous model to SST K-Omega.
13. In material change air to water liquid, and change it from cell zone as well.
14. Now in Boundary conditions, select Moving Wall, click on edit option and
change the settings as shown below and apply.

15. Now double click on methods and set everything as shown below.
16. Double click on initialize, select hybrid initialization and initialize the
solution.

17. After initialization, Double click on calculations and set all the settings as
shown below.

18. Click on the Calculate button and wait till the calculation is complete.
19. The water steamline will show something like this.
Result
Performing this simulation we find the because of wall shear of moving wall the fluid
sticks to it and propelled in the direction of motion of wall, and swirling starts inside
the cavity

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Exp.No:6

Study of Supersonic Flow over Wedge

Aim
The Aim is to Simulate the Supersonic Flow over Wedge using ANSYS
simulation Software.

Introduction
We need to create a 2D Geometry in designModeler, and we’ll capture flow inside
the geometry.

Procedure
1. Open ANSYS, Double Click on Fluid Flow (Fluent).
2. Edit geometry in DesignModeler.
3. Create the geometry as shown below, lines in middle of geometry are given
for face split reference.

4. Directly moving to meshing, In sizing change adaptive meshing no to yes,

and do edge as shown below.
● Mesh

● Edge Sizing 1
● Edge Sizing 2

● Edge Sizing 3
 ● Face Meshing

5. Do Named selection as shown in the geometry fig.

6. Open Setup check on Double Precision checkbox and choose no. of cores as
your system has offered to, and Start.
7. Change the general settings as shown below.
8. Now, turn on the energy equation, and change the viscous model to Standard
k-omega, and check the compressibility effects box.
9. Expand materials, expand fluid, and edit air, change density to “ideal gas”
and viscosity to “Sutherland”, after that click on Change/create and close.

10. Double Click on Boundary Conditions, Change Inlet type from

inlet(Velocity-inlet) to inlet(pressure-far-field). And edit the settings as
shown below
11. Do not change the pressure and temperature.
12. Now go to methods set everything to Second Order Upwind, as shown below.
13. Go to initialize,set hybrid initialization, click initialize.

14. Then go to Run Calculations and set iterations to 1000 iterations, and run
calculation by pressing the calculate button.
Result
Hence, As there is sudden change in Freestream Flow at Supersonic Flow speeds,
Shock waves are generated.

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Exp.No:7

Convergent-Divergent Nozzle
Aim
The Aim is to Simulate the Flow through Convergent-Divergent Nozzle(CD
Nozzle) using ANSYS simulation Software.

Introduction
We need to create a 2D Geometry, and we’ll capture flow inside the geometry.

Procedure
1. Open ANSYS, Double Click on Fluid Flow (Fluent).
2. Edit geometry in DesignModeler, As shown below.

3. Open Mesh and create mesh as shown below.

● Edge Sizing 1
● Edge Sizing 2

● Edge Sizing 3
 ● Face Meshing

4. Click generate button and your mesh will be generated

5. For named selection the appropriate format is given in geometry.
6. Open setup after the completion of named selection.
7. Open Setup check on Double Precision checkbox and choose no. of cores as
your system has offered to, and Start.
8. Change the general settings as shown below.
9. Now change the viscous model to SST k-omega, and check the
compressibility effects box.
10. Expand materials, expand fluid, and edit air, change density to “ideal gas”
and viscosity to “Sutherland”, after that click on Change/create and close.(as
shown in EXP. NO. 6).
11. Double Click on Boundary Conditions, Change Inlet type from
inlet(Velocity-inlet) to inlet(pressure-inlet). And edit the settings as shown
below.
12. Go to Reference value, Compute from Inlet, your values should be same as
shown below.

13. Double click on the method and change everything to “Second Order
Upwind”.
14. Now Initialize the solution with standard initialization from inlet

15. Now run the calculations and give 2000 iterations, and solutions will
converge in a few steps only.
Result
This is how a Convergent-Divergent Nozzle works, it shows that flow at the Inlet is
Subsonic and as it enters the convergent section flow accelerates and near throat it
reaches Sonic speed and in divergent section, flow accelerates and became
Supersonic.

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