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[ESL]

I am a student using ANSYS for my university research.

I have a question about the XY plot method in ANSYS.

I am interested in studying the temperature distribution of a fluid flowing in a pipe.

The direction of flow in the pipe is the z-axis.

How can I create an X-Y plot where the horizontal axis is the distance along the Z axis and the vertical axis is the temperature?

It is possible to create a point in the z-axis direction and plot the temperature at that point, but it is a lot of work and I am not sure about the accuracy.

I would appreciate it if you could help me.

[aitor.amatriain]

If you are using Fluent, yes, you can do it, of course. Just click Results - Plots- XY plot and then select temperature as the "y Axis Function" and set (0,0,1) as "Plot Direction". The accuracy is the one given by your model; that is, if you export the data to xy values and you plot it with other software, the results will be the same.

[ESL]

Dear Aitor
Thank you very much for your help.
I was able to successfully create the X-Y plot I wanted.

But I have one more question here.
I am doing a non-stationary calculation.
If I do the above X-Y plot after the simulation is complete, I can plot the temperature in the Z-axis direction at the end of the simulation.
Is it possible to create a similar graph for the simulation process?
For example, if the simulation end time is 10s, is it possible to do an X-Y plot at 5s?

Sorry, but we would appreciate it if you could consider this.

[aitor.amatriain]

You want to simulate 10 s, and, at the end of the simulation, check the plot at t = 5 s, right?
To do this without stopping the simulation at t = 5 s, you will need to do an animation by clicking Solution - Calculation Activities - Solution Animation. Then:
Record after every: 5 seconds
Storage type: PNG or JPEG image
Storage directory: Wherever you want.
Animation Object: your xy plot
At the end of the simulation you will be able to check the plots at t = 5 s and t = 10 s (I can not think of any other way to obtain only the plot at t = 5 s).

[ESL]

Mr. Aitor

Thank you very much for the detailed description of the setup.
I would like to use your method in my future simulations.
At the same time, I understand that it is difficult to see the measurement results of any position and time after the simulation in ANSYS.
I learned that I have to set it before starting the simulation as much as possible.
Thank you very much for your kind answer!

[aitor.amatriain]

You are welcome!