HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER

2D Oscillating Cylinder CFD Simulation

using ANSYS Fluent

Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

 System Requirements

Any good CAD Software

Microsoft Visual Studio
ANSYS Fluent

Laptop / Desktop Computer with

4 CPU Cores, 4 GB free RAM, 1 GB free Storage
 Procedure
Step 01
Initialize Visual Studio

• Open “Build” folder in Visual Studio directory

• In an empty space, Press Shift + Right Click
• Select Open PowerShell window here
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Step 01
Initialize Visual Studio

• Type cmd + enter

• Drag “vcvars64” to PowerShell + enter
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Step 02
Open Workbench using PowerShell

Type the address to “RunWB32.exe” (from ANSYS install folder) + enter

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Step 03
Start ANSYS Fluent Project Tree

Drag “Fluid Flow (Fluent)” from Analysis Systems list

to the Workbench Project Schematic window
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Step 04
Import the Geometry (Created Previously)

Right click on Geometry + Edit Geometry in

Right click on Geometry + Import Geometry + Browse to select the file
DesignModeler
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Step 04
Import the Geometry (Created Previously)

Click on Generate then close the DesignModeler

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Step 05
Create the Mesh

Use Following Mesh Settings for

Re 500
Cylinder Diameter 1 m

Right click on Mesh and select edit

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Step 05
Create the Mesh

Make at least 500 cells in the Cylinder using the Sizing tool (Right click Mesh then insert then Sizing)
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Step 05
Create the Mesh

Create at least 10 inflation layers around the Cylinder using the Inflation tool
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Step 05
Create the Mesh

Refine the wake as required using the Sizing tool

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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Load the UDF

Select the UDF by using Add button then Build then Load
Right click Setup then Edit
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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Use these settings from Models tab

Use these settings from General tab

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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Use these settings from Materials tab Use these settings from Boundary Conditions tab
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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Use these settings from Dynamic Mesh Use these settings from Remeshing tab
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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Create Dynamic Mesh Zone around the Cylinder

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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Use these settings from Reference Values tab Use these settings from Methods tab
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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Create monitors to check forces and moments

using Report Definitions tab Use the desired number for saving files for animations
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Step 06
Setup the Fluent Simulation

Select appropriate time step and run the simulation