{"id":161647,"date":"2023-01-25T07:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-can-i-evaluate-the-results-of-an-aerodynamic-calculation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:35:38","slug":"how-can-i-evaluate-the-results-of-an-aerodynamic-calculation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-can-i-evaluate-the-results-of-an-aerodynamic-calculation\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I evaluate the results of an aerodynamic calculation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After performing an aerodynamic analysis in Fluent, the drag coefficient, lift coefficient, pressure coefficient, lift and so on can be analyzed.   Resistance and lift coefficients must set before calculating (Solve->Monitor->Create). Make sure to correctly set the reference pressure, projected area and speed values in Report->Reference Values.   The pressure coefficient can be displayed in a contour plot (Display->Contours) by selecting Pressure and Pressure coefficient for the variable. It can also be plotted with Plot->XY Plot.   Drag and lift can be integrated from Report->Force.  Displaying the drag and lift of a wall cell requires custom field function (Define->Custom Field Function) to be created with Pressure * function of projected area in drag or lift direction. It can then be displayed in a contour diagram.   Note: The projected area of the wall cell in the x, y, z directions use the mesh variables X Surface Area, Y Surface Area, and Z Surface Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-161647","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-general-fluent","topic-tag-other"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["1-24-2023  20:20:01"],"_btv_view_count":["2500"],"siebel_km_number":["2045057"],"product_version":["Other"],"km_published_date":["2016-11-24T19:28:26.000Z"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"application_name":["FLUENT"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/161647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/161647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}