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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Fluids Fluid flows upwards despite the fact that gravity is enabled Reply To: Fluid flows upwards despite the fact that gravity is enabled

peteroznewman
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@Rahul, in the Structural Mechanics side of ANSYS, I use an acceleration of x = -9.81 m/s^2 to create the effect of a gravity force that pulls mass in the +x direction as shown in the last snapshot. I'm not an expert at Fluent, but I would assume it would be the same.

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