{"id":309893,"date":"2023-10-03T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-mix-blood-in-a-y-shape-tube\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:07:32","slug":"how-to-mix-blood-in-a-y-shape-tube","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-mix-blood-in-a-y-shape-tube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to mix blood in a Y-shape tube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, I&#8217;m new to Fluent and have some questions. When I try to mix two blood flows in a Y-shape tube, they do not mix. Instead, their streamlines are parallel and do not cross to form vortices. I only used laminar model and set the boundary conditions two &#8220;velocity inlet&#8221; and one &#8220;pressure outlet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to use the blood from inlet2 to &#8220;push&#8221; the blood from inlet1 back(see the figure). But even I set the inlet1 as 0 velocity, there is still no any flow through it. Is this because of the &#8220;velocity inlet&#8221; boundary conditions? Can anyone help me about this problem?<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/03-10-2023-1696352756-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-309893","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi everyone, I&#039;m new to Fluent and have some questions. When I try to mix two blood flows in a Y-shape tube, they do not mix. Instead, their streamlines are parallel and do not cross to form vortices. 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