Hello Arnaud,
Which LS-DYNA version are you using?
Are you able to reproduce the problem with the cylinder flow example?
Basics : Cylinder flow — Welcome to LS-DYNA Examples
LSTC QA Test Case Documentation: LSTC-QA-LS-DYNA-ICFD-VAL-3.1-1 (dynaexamples.com)
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Do you see different fluid pressure contour plots with different incoming fluid velocities? The pressure drag force is calculated from the pressure as follows:
Have you tried with *ICFD_BOUNDARY_FEESLIP around the body? The ICFD training says the following:
"Warning : in some cases where friction drag is not fundamental, modeling a solid wall
using a free slip condition can give better numeric results than a non slip boundary
condition with a bad quality mesh (incorrectly capturing the boundary layer can lead
to over constrains in the pressure field of the flow)."
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Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
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Reno.