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FLUENT6.3User'sGuide7.24UserDefinedFanModel

7.24UserDefinedFanModel
TheuserdefinedfanmodelinFLUENTallowsyoutoperiodicallyregenerateaprofilefilethatcanbe
usedtospecifythecharacteristicsofafan,includingpressurejumpacrossthefan,andradialand
swirlingcomponentsofvelocitygeneratedbythefan.
Forexample,considerthecalculationofthepressurejumpacrossthefan.Youcan,throughthestandard
interface,inputaconstantforthepressurejump,specifyapolynomialthatdescribesthepressurejumpas
afunctionofaxialvelocitythroughthefan,oruseaprofilefilethatdescribesthepressurejumpasa
functionoftheaxialvelocityorlocationatthefanface.Ifyouuseaprofilefile,thesameprofilewillbe
usedconsistentlythroughoutthecourseofthesolution.Suppose,however,thatyouwanttochangethe
profileastheflowfielddevelops.Thiswouldrequireaperiodicupdatetotheprofilefileitself,based
uponsomeinstructionsthatyousupply.Theuserdefinedfanmodelisdesignedtohelpyoudothis.
Tousethismodel,youneedtogenerateanexecutablethatreadsafanprofilefilethatiswrittenby
FLUENT,andwritesoutamodifiedone,whichFLUENTwillthenread.Thesourcecodeforthis
executablecanbewritteninanyprogramminglanguage(FortranorC,forexample).Yourprogramwill
becalledandexecutedautomatically,accordingtoinputsthatyousupplythroughthestandardinterface.

7.24.1StepsforUsingtheUserDefinedFanModel
7.24.2ExampleofaUserDefinedFan
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