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Discovery Live: How to Measure Volume Flow Rate at Inlet/Outlet

Tagged: 19.1, ANSYS SpaceClaim DirectModeler, fluid-dynamics, Preprocessing: Geometry
    • April 5, 2023 at 2:33 pm
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      To measure volume flow rate through an inlet/outlet, integrate the velocity across the inlet face in the direction normal to the face. Refer attached image. The value of the integration will be a scalar, so the “Component” dropdown has no effect here.

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