Reply To: Multiple component coordinate systems to fluent for material properties

[Conor Leighton]

 

OK, that sounds promising, cheers Rob.

The model has an array of rods, each of which have self heating and cylindrical anisotropic thermal conductivity centred about their axis.

The ‘desire’ for local coordinates is to have one per cylinder, which I can then use to assign the axis of the cyl-orthrotopic material properties to – though I’m open to other methods if they are preferable?

There’re no sliding meshes or anything that fancy – just a load of cylinders getting hot. The fluid domain is non-repeating so I can’t just model one unfortunately.

It was relatively trivial to attach the coordinates in spaceclaim – and mechanical can use them in exactly this way. I’m struggling to find the equivalent method in fluent.

Any and all help greatly appreciated.