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This new option provides additional controls for defining the inlet flow direction.<\/p>\n<p>This will be helpful in instances where you have flow which is entering the domain not normal to the inlet, for example something like wind loading, which comes in with some velocity.<\/p>\n<p>This option will let you specify the velocity in X, Y, and Z components as shown with this external flow model over a house:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-196202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets.png 320w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets-24x12.png 24w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets-36x18.png 36w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Velocity-inlets-48x24.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-196201 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/external-flow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/external-flow.png 292w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/external-flow-24x13.png 24w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/external-flow-36x20.png 36w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/external-flow-48x26.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-196200","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-components","topic-tag-conditions","topic-tag-direction","topic-tag-discovery","topic-tag-explore","topic-tag-external-flow","topic-tag-inlet","topic-tag-refine","topic-tag-velocity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Extending to the Inlet flow conditions in Ansys Discovery 2025 R1 we have added a new option to specify velocity inlet components. 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