Fluid Model Creation

What's New

R2022x GA

Fluid Model Creation Basics

Related Guides and Resources

Fluid Model Creation Access to Content

Content Categories

Access Roles

Content Lifecycle

User Interface: Action Bar

Standard Area

Flyout for Undo Options

Flyout for Feature Manager

Setup Section

Flyout for Materials

Mesh Section

Flyout for Triangle Meshes

Flyout for Tetrahedron Meshes

Flyout for Hexahedron, Sweep, and Voxel Meshes

Flyout for Coating Meshes

Flyout for Mesh Operations

Flyout for Extrusion and Inflation Meshes

Properties Section

E-Cooling Section

Check Section

Group Section

Display Section

Flyout for Mesh Visualization

View Section

AR-VR Section

Tools Section

Touch Section

Keyboard Shortcuts

Predefined Queries

Customizing Preferences

Offline Mode

Setup

Fluid Domains

About Fluid Domains

About Parts

About Exterior Boundaries

About Regions

About Openings

About Surface Selections

Defining a Fluid Domain

Define a Fluid Domain Using Part Geometry Only

Define a Fluid Domain Using Part Geometry, Exterior Boundaries, and Subregions of the Structural Parts

Model Setup

About Model Setup

Setting up the Model for Simulation

Set Up the Model for an Internal Flow Simulation

Set Up the Model for an External Flow Simulation

Managing Finite Element Models and 3D Shapes

About Finite Element Model Representations

FEM Representation Categories

Managing Shapes within a FEM Representation

Checking the Status of FEM Representations

Model Initialization

About Model Initialization

Initializing Solid Geometry for a Fluid Model

Properties

Fluid Sections

About Fluid Sections

Defining Fluid Section Properties

Multispecies Sections

About Multispecies Sections

Defining Multispecies Section Properties

Output Sections

About Output Sections

Defining Output Section Properties

Requesting History Output for an Output Section

Porous Sections

About Porous Sections

Defining Porous Section Properties

Rigid Body Sections

About Rigid Body Sections

Defining Rigid Body Section Properties

Shell Sections

About Shell Sections

Shell Sections in Fluid Simulations

Defining a Shell Section

Defining Material Orientations for Shell Sections

Define Material Orientations Using the Global Axis System

Define Material Orientations Using a Local Axis System

Define Material Orientations Using the Face and Edge Technique

Solid Sections

About Solid Sections

Defining Solid Sections

Ordered Geometric Sets

VOF Fluid Sections

About VOF Sections

Defining VOF Section Properties

E-Cooling

Blower Components

About Blower Components

Blower Types

Impeller Blade Angle

Fan Curves

Derating Factor

Defining a Blower Component

Compact Printed Circuit Board Components

About Compact Printed Circuit Board Components

Compact Printed Circuit Board Structure

Energy Transfer

Defining a Compact Printed Circuit Board Component

Heat Pipe Components

About Heat Pipe Components

Heat Pipe Structure

Energy Transfer

Defining a Heat Pipe Component

Heat Sink Components

About Heat Sink Components

Heat Sink Structure

Energy Transfer

Defining a Heat Sink Component

Perforated Plate Components

About Perforated Plate Components

Defining a Perforated Plate Component

Thermoelectric Cooler Components

About Thermoelectric Cooler Components

Thermoelectric Cooler Structure

Energy Transfer

Defining a Thermoelectric Cooler Component

Two-Resistor Components

About Two-Resistor Components

Defining a Two-Resistor Component

Group

About Groups

Group Definition Methods

About the Group Manager

Creating Geometric Groups

Creating Proximity Groups

Creating Spatial Groups

Create Groups Using Bounding Boxes

Create Groups Using Bounding Spheres

Creating Boundary Groups

Creating Groups Manually

Creating Groups Using Boolean Operators

Create Union Groups

Create Intersection Groups

Create Difference Groups

Using B.I. Essentials in Fluid Model Creation