{"id":374161,"date":"2024-07-30T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-get-the-applied-surface-tension-with-the-csf-model\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:00:49","slug":"how-to-get-the-applied-surface-tension-with-the-csf-model","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-get-the-applied-surface-tension-with-the-csf-model\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get the applied surface tension with the CSF model ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I am running multiphase simulations using the VoF method, with two phases. I enabled the surface tension force modeling and am using the Continuum Surface Force, without adhesion (no wall nor jump adhesion)<\/p>\n<p>I am giving a constant surface tension to Fluent through the DEFINE_PROPERTY UDF (I could directly write the constant value in the GUI of Fluent but, because I ran some benchmark simulations where I changed the surface tension, it was easier to have the value directly in my UDF file rather than in the case file.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to get, after running the simulation, the applied surface tension to work on the force balance between this force and other forces I apply with other UDFs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way to recover these values ? I can&#8217;t find a way and I find it odd that a force that can be that important can&#8217;t be recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks a lot for your help !&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-374161","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["253358","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["128.243.2.56"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["674"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["374161"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","253358"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["379168"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["379168"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-08-15 12:32:28"]},"test":"sebastien-faronnottingham-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/374161","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\/374161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}