Hi Rob

Thx for replying, I tried to look for some resources in the Learning content but I couldn't necessarily find the one that would be beneficial for my idea unless you know one which you can recommend to me?

Also I was wondering would it be possible to make my 2 spool turbofan engine and a rocket engine on Solidworks (if I can make it) and then transfer it over to Ansys CFX to do my CFD on it? But even then what kind of settings do I apply to do the CFD on them, i hope thats something you can guide me with?

 But also do you by any chance know how I can make a 2 spool turbofan engine and a rocket engine or nozzle on Ansys mechanical so that I can do CFD on them?

Thx

Hi Rob

So whats a CAD reader (in simple terms) and how do i check the available formats and do you mean for solidworks to transfer into Ansys?

Please could you  attach the link of what your talking about (the learning material stuff for the a/c engine) so that it becomes more easier to know where exactly im suposed to find what your telling me to look for specifically?

And also suppose ive managed to make an engine and i want to do CFD on it, can you  show me or tell me  the settings i have to put and the things that i can vary for me to do a successful CFD on it please (like in order if possible)?

Thx

Hi Rob

In the learning materials section- there's quite a few introductory courses such as : Turbulence modelling in Ansys fluent,getting started with ansys fluent, foundations in Fluid Dynamics using Ansys Fluent, geometry prep for fluids simulation in Ansys discovery and Ansys fluent meshing watertight geometry workflow etc, these are some of the few I found and there are more.

But are these the type of courses your suggesting I look at?

if so are these courses just a powerpoint with a ton of theory in it  or do they include a practical demo of them doing CFD on things especially an a/c engine (Because like i said before im trying to learn/understand how i could do some CFD on an a/c engine and not learn a bunch of theorey)?

Also we use Ansys CFX at uni not discoverey or Fluent so are these going to be of any help, if so which one would you say is the closes one to CFX out of the two?

Also what is the "exercise caution" bit and why cant we students access it for learning purposes?

Thx

Hi Rob

Thx for getting back

When you say CFX is favoured for turbo, you mean as in turbomachinery (what do you mean when you say for historical reasons)? Well, my university uses CFX so what can i do to help myself be better at it in order to do CFD on an aircraft engine and rocket nozzle? (so in terms of resources because the resources on the Ansys learning materials is pretty much for Ansys fluent and not CFX?) (youtube isnt much of a help either) Because unless you could help in some way or someone, im not quite too sure on what to do.

And in simple terms because im from the UK and not US  what does the following thing mean "Rockets are in the dual use category for Export Law. Therefore I'm not permitted to offer any guidance as an employee of a US company in public (ie on the Forum). " and so who exactly is allowed access to it?

Thx