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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Fluids How to intepret ANSYS FLUENT CFD force and moment report? Reply To: How to intepret ANSYS FLUENT CFD force and moment report?

Rob
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Negative tends to mean reverse given it's a vector. So if you report a negative force in x the force is heading in -x direction. Moments are the same, but use the right hand rule to find which direction that is (clockwise is anticlockwise from the other side hence not using those terms).
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