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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Fluids CFX vs. Fluent – significantly different results with the same settings, bc Reply To: CFX vs. Fluent – significantly different results with the same settings, bc

CFD_Friend
Ansys Employee

Hi CAP_NJ,

How did you calculate the axial forces in CFX? You could do an area integral of the pressure multiplied by the vector normal component of surface in the axial direction, that if thrust will be acting in the z direction we can use the Normal Z as the vector.