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[Zoelle Wong]

Hello,

 

I need to specify a hot wall inside the center of a nozzle (see image below), but to also define a line of symmetry at the base of the wall to do a 2D axisymmetric simulation. I'm not sure how to do this in ANSYS - I couldn't find tutorials similar to my case. Thanks

 

 

 

 

[Federico]

Hello,

I'm not sure I understand physically what you're trying to do. If your model is axissymmetric, then there cannot be a wall.

[Zoelle Wong]

essentially, I'm trying to model a hot rod inside the nozzle, but with an axis BC applied at the line of symmetry 

I agree, you can't have a wall at the axis since that's physically impossible. But I need a heat column (via a wall or source) revolved around my axis. Does this make more sense?

[Federico]

Right, I understand better now. In that case, you might have to provide a thickness for your rod, make it a source, and identify the outer edge as your axis. You cannot assign any boundary conditions, thermal or other, to an axis.

[Zoelle Wong]

Ok; one follow up question- I've specified the "hot" wall region as a "solid" zone, and everywhere else as the "fluid" zone. But I get the following error message:

Warning: materials in neighbor cell threads (2 and 6) of

interior zone 11 are of different types (aluminum and air).

 

Do you know what this is related to? I'm making my mesh via Pointwise instead of ANSYS' internal meshing tool 

[Zoelle Wong]

I think I figured it out - but it's not the best solution. What are your thoughts on the following (thank you again so much): 

Essentially, I had to go to Pointwise and specify both regions as a fluid. Then under internal BC's, set a fixed temperature value. I did this for a simple "flow in the box"; no slip condition on top wall, inlet velocity BC, pressure outlet BC, axis on the bottom wall and "side" walls. The temperature plot matches what I was expecting, but the velocity contour plot looks incorrect - i'd expect an even gradient near the "hot" fluid region: 

*first image is a diagram of the mesh+BC; 2nd /3rd imags are contour plots 

 

 

[Federico]

Does this wall have a wall/shadow pair? This is required for heat transfer between different materials. 

If you don't see this in your boundaries zones, try the following command in the TUI console:

define/boundary-conditions/modify-zones/slit-face-zone

then enter the Face ID of that boundary.