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- July 3, 2020 at 6:35 am
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  hello , i want to do a cfd analysis of a wind turbine blades , the problem is i want to rotate the turbine blades at different wind speed, i have tried in fluent but after applying inlet velocity and all other boundary conditions i got some results but in result my blades are not moving only air is going from the sides of the blades , someone help me i want both things air behavior and blades motion , i am a beginner stage in ansys so somebody can give me easy tips to solve my problem.
  
  thankyou
- July 3, 2020 at 9:29 am
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  Have a look at sliding mesh. You can start by rotating the blades at a set speed and later on you may want to use a UDF to calculate the force on the blades and account for the gearbox & generator resistance.
- July 3, 2020 at 9:34 am
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  thank you for your response sir, but i just want to see that the turbine can move in different wind speed is there any way to do this in simple ways.
- July 3, 2020 at 9:39 am
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  these are the mesh and model pictures.
- July 3, 2020 at 11:50 am
  
  DrAmine
  Ansys Employee
  
  Yes sliding mesh: one stationary zone and one rotating zone. You will require some interfaces and that is it.
- July 3, 2020 at 12:26 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  thankyou , for your reply sir but sir i have done same thing according to you , but fan is not rotating , i want to rotate fan due to wind trust force so can you help me
- July 3, 2020 at 12:28 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  these are the model and mesh model
- July 3, 2020 at 12:36 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  i dont want to rotate the turbine by giving rotational velocity , what i want is wind should rotate the blades by its thrust force.
- July 3, 2020 at 2:23 pm
  
  DrAmine
  Ansys Employee
  
  So you want the flow to rotate the blades: as my colleagues mentioned that can be done with 6DOF.
- July 3, 2020 at 2:29 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  so sir we can use 6dof for 3d model also??
- July 3, 2020 at 3:54 pm
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  You can use 6DOF or use sliding mesh as I mentioned and use a UDF to calculate the force balance. You'll need a UDF for 6DOF too, but as you only want the domain to rotate sliding ought to be enough.
- July 3, 2020 at 5:43 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  sir , it will be my pleasure if you tell me the steps to do sliding mesh for my problem as per my model..
- July 3, 2020 at 5:49 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  sir actually i dont want to apply rotational velocity to turbine , i want wind to rotate the turbine blades. for that what should i do???
- July 3, 2020 at 5:54 pm
  
  vikasram000
  Subscriber
  
  sir , i have given to domain to my model one is rotating domain in which the turbine will rotate and second one is fluid domain in which there will be one inlet and one outlet , as you can see in the pictures down , sir in fluent after loading my mesh model in fluent i checked 6dof option but i am not able to select any domain there in which i have to set direction vector , if u have any solution for this please help me sir ....