{"id":38169,"date":"2019-10-06T22:47:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T22:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/a-problem-with-pathline-in-fluent-18-2\/"},"modified":"2019-10-06T22:47:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T22:47:03","slug":"a-problem-with-pathline-in-fluent-18-2","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/a-problem-with-pathline-in-fluent-18-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A problem with pathline in fluent 18.2."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I encountered a problem with fluent 18.2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I tried to simulate&nbsp;the velocity field inside a mixer. But I found I could not draw pathline for this mixer, no matter starting from the inlets or the outlet(reversed). I tried to draw mesh with ICEM and mesh, both 18.2<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Nearly all the path lines failed, and the the console said: Can&#8217;t figure which cell particle is going to &#8212; ABORT Cannot find intersecting face for particle 210 &#8212; ABORT<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It seems that the failures happen at the interface of wider channel and smaller channel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/acd7d35a-3294-45ee-bfbe-a9f400ce09a9\/e1b37862-b366-433b-8af0-aade0175cdfc_inlet.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"path lines failed entering the small diameter channel\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-38169","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["10347"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1388"],"_bbp_subscription":["238695"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["38169"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","162499"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["95651"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["95651"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-10-08 14:51:42"]},"test":"yg327"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/38169","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\/38169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}