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How can I post-process my residuals to better understand convergence issues ?

Tagged: 2022 R1, fluent, fluid-dynamics, General - FLUENT, post-processing
    • March 17, 2023 at 8:59 am
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      By default residuals are not accesible in Contours, but they can be added by using a TUI option. For Pressure-Based solver the command is: /solve/set/expert yes , , to activate the option “Save cell residuals for post-processing?”. Then number of , needed will depends on options activated of not. For Density-Based solver the command is: /solve/set/advanced/retain-cell-residuals yes Then you can find the different residuals under Contours of Residuals…

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