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  3. I am running the 2D fan model in Fluent 2019R3 When I set it up for reverse flow, it still seems to go forward. What am I doing wrong?

I am running the 2D fan model in Fluent 2019R3 When I set it up for reverse flow, it still seems to go forward. What am I doing wrong?

Tagged: 2019 R3, BCs & Interfaces, compressible-flow, fluent, fluid-dynamics, General, materials
    • March 17, 2023 at 8:59 am
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      There was a defect (Bug 175574) with the internal fan boundary condition for the Fluent 2019 R3 release, where the reverse flow did not work reliably Earlier releases and Fluent 2020 R1 (20.1) onwards will do this correctly.

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