{"id":298403,"date":"2023-08-06T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfd-analysis-of-spacecraft-re-entry-phase\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T16:14:07","slug":"cfd-analysis-of-spacecraft-re-entry-phase","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfd-analysis-of-spacecraft-re-entry-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"CFD analysis of spacecraft re-entry phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello,<\/div>\n<div>I am a student new to using fluent.<\/div>\n<div>The work I would like to do for my thesis concerns the re-entry phase of a spacecraft into the atmosphere of Jupiter.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Having defined the objective, and learnt how to import UDFs for the thermodynamic and transport properties of the atmosphere in question, I have come across some issues\/doubts:<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>1.&nbsp; Wanting to use a calculation domain like the one shown in the attached figure, how should I perform the named selection? On the web, I heard about the &#8220;far-field&#8221; boundary condition: is it possible to set all the outer sides of the geometry with this type? Without specifying inlet and outlet?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CFD_domain\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/06-08-2023-1691338392-CFD_domain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"176\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>2. Having defined the basic model, is it possible to insert a source defined by an electric field on a surface? The surface in question would be the spacecraft&#8217;s heat shield, which I decided to remove from the contour by means of a Boolean.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I hope I have made myself clear.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-298403","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["290951","13659","5120"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.173"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["874"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["298403"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["5120","13659","290951"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["298911"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["298911"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-08-09 08:03:01"]},"test":"pierpaolo-viggianostudenti-unibas-it"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/298403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/298403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}