{"id":161870,"date":"2021-09-02T13:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-kinf-of-symmetry-can-be-exploited-on-s-shaped-parts\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:37:42","slug":"what-kinf-of-symmetry-can-be-exploited-on-s-shaped-parts","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-kinf-of-symmetry-can-be-exploited-on-s-shaped-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"What kinf of Symmetry can be exploited on S-shaped parts?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

I want to perform a turbulent air flow analysis through this "S" shaped pipe. The pressure drop across the tube is to be evaluated. <\/p>\n

The first image just shows an example of the routing of the part, but the final geometry has quite lot of "Corrugates" as shown in the second image.<\/p>\n

My question: How do I simplify the simulation setup in order to make it computationally efficient?<\/strong> As of now the real part has millions of nodes and elements. I see some potential to exploit the symmetry of the geometry<\/strong>, but I am not sure how valid the final results would be.<\/p>\n

For example, I tried to perform a turbulent flow simulation on just the 2D cross section of the part in Fluent, but the final distribution of velocity etc was very very low compared to the full-3D. <\/p>\n

Any suggestions\/ ideas are welcome. Thank you.<\/p>\n

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