Floedf Pro Demo Guide

FloEFDTM Pro Demonstration Version Guide
FEP10
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Contents
Overview
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Limitations of the Demonstration Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Tutorial 1 - Gate Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Opening the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Creating the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Specifying Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Specifying Engineering Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 Running the Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Viewing the Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Viewing Cut Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Viewing Surface Plots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Viewing Flow Trajectories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 Viewing X-Y Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Case 2: Gate Valve in the Half-Closed Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
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Tutorial 2 - Heat Exchanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Opening the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Creating the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Specifying Fluid Subdomain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Specifying Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Specifying Solid Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Specifying Engineering Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Cloning the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Running the Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Loading Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Viewing Surface Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 Getting Surface Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Viewing the Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Tutorial 3 - T-Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Opening the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Creating the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Using Component Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Specifying Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Specifying Engineering Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Cloning the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 Running the Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Loading Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Viewing the Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Viewing Cut Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Viewing Isosurfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Viewing Surface Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Getting Surface Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
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Tutorial 4 - Flow over the Roof-Mounted Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Opening the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2 Creating the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2 Specifying the Size of the Computational Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-4 Specifying Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5 Specifying Engineering Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 Cloning the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 Running the Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8 Loading Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8 Viewing the Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8 Viewing Surface Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9 Viewing Cut Plots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-10
Tutorial 5 - Exhaust Manifold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Opening the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-2 Creating the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-2 Specifying Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 Specifying Engineering Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 Running the Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7 Loading Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7 Viewing Goal Plots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8 Viewing the Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-9
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Overview
FloEFD Pro is a fluid flow and heat transfer analysis software that is fully integrated in Pro/ENGINEER and is based on the proved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology. Unlike other CFD software, FloEFD Pro works directly with native Pro/ENGINEER geometry in order to keep pace with on-going design changes. It has the same look and feel as Pro/ENGINEER itself, so you can focus on solving the problem instead of learning a new software environment. Designed by engineers for engineers, FloEFD Pro is widely used in many industries, where design optimization and performance analysis are extremely important, such as valves and regulators, hydraulic and pneumatic components, heat exchangers, automotive parts, electronics and many others. To perform an analysis, you just need to open your model and go through the following steps:
1 Create a FloEFD Pro project describing most important features and parameters of the
problem. You can use the Wizard to create the project in a simple step-by-step process.
2 Specify all necessary Input Data for the project. 3 Run the calculation. During this process, you can view the calculation progress on the
Solver Monitor.
4 Analyze the obtained Results with powerful results processing tools available in
FloEFD Pro.
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Overview
FloEFD Pro interface consists of the following main elements: FloEFD Pro Analysis Tree that provides an easy way to define a project, check and modify its properties at any time, and access the results analysis tools. FloEFD Pro toolbars that provide quick access to the functions of FloEFD Pro in a manner familiar for most users; FloEFD Pro menu, integrated to the Pro/ENGINEER menu bar and providing access to all functionality of FloEFD Pro, arranged in a hierarchical order; In the graphic area you can see the visual representation of the specified input data and obtained results, as well as adjust the results visualization settings. FloEFD Pro Toolbars FloEFD Pro Menu
Graphic Area
FloEFD Pro
Analysis Tree
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Limitations of the Demonstration Version
This demonstration version of FloEFD Pro allows you to run five tutorial examples that are supplied only with this package. The geometry files for these tutorials are located in: install_dir\FloEFD Pro Demonstration Version 10\examples\Demonstration Examples1
(e.g. C:\Program Files\MentorGraphics\FloEFD Pro Demonstration Version 10\examples\Demonstration Examples)
When loading the geometry files, it is assumed that you select the instance suggested in the tutorial description and pass all the steps prior to the actual calculation. To run a calculation in this demonstration version, you will need to switch to the Instance that has a name ending with PRE-DEFINED, where the calculation function is unlocked. These instances already include the FloEFD Pro project defined in accordance with the tutorial and cannot be further modified. Alternatively, if you select the other Instance Name, you can still create and modify your own FloEFD Pro project, however the calculation function for these instances will be locked. For the model geometry, not relevant to these tutorials, FloEFD Pro is disabled.
1.The geometry files for Pro/ENGINEER Tryout Edition are located in: install_dir\FloEFD Pro Demonstration Version 10\examples\Demonstration Examples (Tryout), e.g. C:\Program Files\MentorGraphics\FloEFD Pro Demonstration Version 10\examples\Demonstration Examples (Tryout)
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Limitations of the Demonstration Version
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Tutorial 1 - Gate Valve
In the first demonstration example we consider the flow of water through a Gate Valve attached to a pipe. As you can see on the picture at right, for this simulation a part of water tract with the Gate Valve is cut out from a longer tract. To simulate the water flow, we set the value of inlet mass flow rate to 20 lb/s and the outlet pressure to 30 lbf/in2. The objective of the simulation is to determine how the pressure drop between the inlet and outlet changes as we move the Gate Valve from the near open to the half-closed position.
Inlet Mass Flow Rate: 20 lb/s
Outlet Pressure: 30 lbf/in2
Opening the Model

1 Copy the Gate Valve folder into your working directory and ensure that the files are
not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

2 Click File, Open. In the File Open dialog box, browse to the gatevalve.asm assembly located in the Gate Valve folder and click Open . The Select Instance dialog box will
appear.
3 Select The generic instance and click Open.
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Tutorial 1- Gate Valve
You may notice that the model inlet and outlet are closed with cylindrical lids. These lids are necessary to enclose the internal space of the model allowing FloEFD Pro to determine the fluid region properly. Each time you analyze a flow inside a model, you need to close all model openings with lids.
When analyzing an external flow around the model or flow both around and through
the model, you do not have to close the model openings with lids.
FloEFD Pro contains a lid creation tool that can relieve you from creating the lids
manually. This tool (available by clicking Flow Analysis, Tools, Create Lids) can automatically create lids by closing all openings in the selected planar face of the model.
Creating the Project

1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Wizard.
The Wizard dialog box appears.

This Wizard will guide you through the
process of defining the fundamental properties of your FloEFD Pro project step-by-step. Here you will define such properties as unit system, analysis type and fluids.
2 Select Use current to use the current
instance for the FloEFD Pro project. To advance to the next step, click Next.
3 Under Unit System, select USA. In the Unit column right to the parameters names change the units for the Velocity and Length parameters to Foot/minute (ft/min) and Inch (in) respectively. Within FloEFD Pro, there are several pre-
defined unit systems. You can also define your own unit system to use in the project. If you want to change the unit system or specific units later in the project, click Flow Analysis, Units. Click Next .
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4 In the Analysis Type dialog box, keep the default settings: Analysis type is set to Internal and the Exclude cavities without flow conditions check box is
selected. For this problem, do not select any physical features.

The analysis is considered Internal in
FloEFD Pro if it deals with the flow inside the model. If you want to simulate the flow over or around the model or, at the same time, through the model, select the External analysis type.
FloEFD Pro automatically considers all closed cavities within the model as filled with
the fluid. To remove the fluid regions not relevant for the problem from the analysis, select the Exclude cavities without flow conditions option. Selecting this option will save CPU and memory resources when running the calculation.
Optionally, FloEFD Pro can take into account additional physical features, such as
heat conduction in solids and thermal radiation. Transient (time-dependent) analyses are also possible. Gravitational effects can be accounted for natural convection cases. Analysis of rotating equipment is one more option available. Click Next.
5 Under Fluids expand the Liquids item and double-click Water. Keep default
Flow Characteristics.
FloEFD Pro has an integrated
Engineering Database (available by clicking Flow Analysis, Tools, Engineering Database) that contains pre-defined properties for several liquids, gases and solids, as well as definitions for some other entities like fans, porous media, etc. You can also add your own (user-defined) items and materials to the Engineering Database. Click Next.
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6 Accept the default wall conditions and click Next. When we do not consider heat conduction
in solids, we have an option to define a default thermal condition for the walls contacting with the fluid. The default wall type, Adiabatic wall, indicates that the walls are perfectly insulated.
7 Accept the default initial conditions and click Next. On this step we may change the initial
values for pressure, temperature and velocity of the simulated flow. The closer these values are set to the ones obtained in the analysis, the quicker the calculation will finish. When it is not possible to estimate these parameters, we can leave here the default values. Click Next .
8 Keep the default Result resolution level
of 3.
Result Resolution determines the desired
level of accuracy for the calculation results. It controls not only the resolution of the geometry, but is also used to define several parameters for the calculation, such as convergence criteria. The higher the value of Result Resolution is set, the better the geometry will be resolved and the more accurate results, in general, can be obtained. Click Finish . A new FloEFD Pro Analysis tree tab appears in the Navigator panel. To continue with the FloEFD Pro project definition, click this tab.
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We will use FloEFD Pro Analysis tree to define our project in the same way as you use the Model tree to create and manage your models. The analysis project is defined using features available under Input Data .
The exact list of the Input Data items depends on the physical
features selected during definition of the project in the Wizard. However, the Analysis Tree is fully customizable and you can select which input data features should always be visible.
The results processing tools are available under Results. The
set of results processing tools is independent on the selected physical features, but it is also fully customizable. The FloEFD Pro Analysis Tree can be customized by rightclicking at the project name at the top of the tree and selecting Customize Tree.
Specifying Boundary Conditions

A boundary condition is used to define flows of fluid entering or exiting the model through the openings by specifying pressure, mass or volume flow rate or velocity on the faces of corresponding lids closing the model openings.
Boundary conditions are also used to define various conditions on the model walls,
such as thermal conditions, roughness or moving wall conditions. In a typical internal analysis boundary conditions must be specified at all lids closing the model openings.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, expand the Input Data item. 2 Right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 3 Select the inner face of INLET_LID . To access this face, set Filter to Geometry and
in the graphic area right-click INLET_LID until the inner face is highlighted, then click this face one more time to add it to the Faces
to Apply the Boundary Condition
list.
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4 Under Type select Flow Openings
and then
select Inlet Mass Flow.
5 Under Flow Parameters specify Mass Flow Rate Normal to Face
of 20 lb/s.
6 Select the Fully developed flow check box. The
flow at inlet has characteristics of a fully developed flow in a long tube, because we simulate a fragment of a longer water tract, not just in a standalone gate valve.
For circular and rectangular inlet openings the Fully developed flow option specifies
the velocity profile and turbulence parameters corresponding to the fully developed turbulent flow in a tube.
7 Click OK . The new Inlet Mass Flow 1 item defining the
inlet flow appears in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree.
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8 To define the outlet flow, right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 9 Select the inner face of OUTLET_LID in the
same way as you selected the inner face of INLET_LID.
10 Under Type select Pressure Openings
and then select Static Pressure.
11 Under Thermodynamic Parameters, specify the
value of Static Pressure 30 lbf/in^2.
equal to
12 Click OK to close the dialog box.
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Specifying Engineering Goals

FloEFD Pro uses the concept of Engineering Goals that allows you to specify which parameters are of interest for you in the analysis. These can be, for example, average outlet flow velocity, maximum temperature of a wall or force applied to a surface. When you specify some variable as a goal, you tell FloEFD Pro to focus on it when determining if the appropriate accuracy of the solution is reached during the calculation. You can run the calculation without any goals defined in the project, but it usually takes more time and resources to finish. Goals can be set throughout the entire domain (Global Goals), within a selected volume (Volume Goals), on a selected surface area (Surface Goals), or at given point (Point Goals).
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Goals item and select Insert Surface Goals. 2 Click the Inlet Mass Flow 1 item in the Analysis
tree. This way we tell FloEFD Pro to add the face that corresponds to this boundary condition to the
Faces to Apply the Surface Goal
list.
3 Under Parameter select the Av check box in the Static Pressure row. This means that we choose
average value of the static pressure on the selected face as a goal.

4 Click OK . We will use the created goal to
determine the pressure drop.

5 In the Analysis tree right-click the Goals item and select Insert Equation Goals. Equation Goal is a goal defined by an equation using the already specified goals and
input data parameters as variables.

6 In the Analysis tree, under Goals, select the created SG Av Static Pressure 1 goal. It will appear in the Expression box. 7 Click the minus "-" button on the calculator
panel.
8 In the Analysis tree select the Static Pressure 1
boundary condition.
9 In the Parameter list select Static Pressure.
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10 Make sure that the Dimensionality is set to Pressure & stress and the Use the goal for convergence control check box is selected. The Use the goal for convergence control ( Use for Conv.) check box enables to use
the convergence on this goal as one of the calculation stopping criteria. Usually this check box should be selected for all goals important for your analysis. You can clear this check box if you create an equation goal just to monitor the value of some parameter during calculation.
11 Click OK. 12 Click-pause-click the name of the goal in the analysis tree (Equation Goal 1) and rename it to Pressure Drop.
At this stage, the FloEFD Pro project is fully defined and ready for calculation. To run the calculation in this demonstration version, you need to switch to the VALVE__PRE-DEFINED instance, for which the calculation function is unlocked.
Running the Calculation

1 After activating the VALVE__PRE-DEFINED instance, click Flow Analysis, Solver, Run. 2 In the Run dialog box you can optionally select the number of CPUs in your PC that
will be used for this calculation.

3 Click Run to start the calculation. In the opened Solver dialog box you can monitor the status of the calculation. 4 After the calculation has started, click the Suspend
button on the Solver toolbar.
We employ the Suspend option only due to extreme simplicity of the current example,
which otherwise could be calculated too fast, leaving you not enough time to perform the subsequent steps of results monitoring. Normally you can use the monitoring tools without suspending the calculation.
5 Click Insert Goal Plot
on the Solver toolbar. The Add/Remove Goals dialog
box appears.
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6 Select Pressure Drop in the Select goals list and click OK. The goal plot appears.
In the Goal plot box you can see
the current value and the graph for each of the selected goals as well as the current estimated progress towards achieving the appropriate accuracy, given as a percentage.
To see how the flow field changes during calculation, you can click Insert Preview . The preview parameter and other settings can be changed by right-clicking at the preview and selecting Settings.
7 Click the Suspend
button again to continue calculation.
When the calculation is finished, close the monitor by clicking File, Close .
Viewing the Goals

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Results, rightclick the Goal Plots icon and select Insert.
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2 In the Goals dialog box, select Pressure Drop.
3 Click OK.
An Excel spreadsheet with the goal results will open. On the first sheet there is a table summarizing the selected goals.
GATEVALVE.ASM [VALVE__PRE-DEFINED]
Goal Name Pressure Drop Unit [lbf/in^2] Value Averaged Value Minimum Value Maximum Value Progress [%] Use In Convergence 0.01111939 0.010311448 0.009947368 0.01111939 100 Yes
A more detailed analysis of the obtained solution can be performed by using various FloEFD Pro results processing tools.
Viewing Cut Plots

A cut plot displays the distribution of some parameter on the specified plane. It can be represented as a contour plot, 3D profile plot, isolines, vectors, or as arbitrary combination of any of these (for example, contours with overlaid vectors)
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Cut Plots and select Insert.
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2 Select ASM_FRONT as the cut plane. To do this, switch to the Pro/ENGINEER Model Tree tab, click Settings, Tree Filters and make sure that Features is selected. Then click OK and
select ASM_FRONT item in the Model Tree.

3 In the Cut Plot dialog, under Display, select Contours
4 Under Contours make sure that Parameter is set to Pressure .
Set the Number of Levels maximum (255).

5 Click OK .
to
In order to see a plot through a non-transparent geometry, you must either: a) change the model transparency (View, Color and Appearance); b) change the model display to Wireframe; c) enable the cross section (View, View Manager, Xsec tab).
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The resulting plot will look something like this:
The color bar at the left to the model displays the parameter visualization palette and serves as a legend for the displayed results plot.
By clicking the parameter name under the color bar, you can select a different
parameter to display.
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1 Under the color bar, click Pressure and select Velocity.
Then click . You will see a velocity plot like the one below.
2 Change the contour cut plot to a vector cut
plot. To do this, in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Cut Plots , right-click the Cut Plot 1 item and select Edit Definition.
3 Under Display clear Contours
and
select Vectors
4 Under Vectors set Spacing Arrow Size to 0.9 in.
to 0.5 in and
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5 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
and
velocity value to change the Maximum 50 ft/min, then click OK.
A portion of the resulting vector plot is shown below:
Viewing Surface Plots

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Cut Plot 1 item and select Hide. 2 Right-click Surface Plots and select Insert. 3 Select the Use all faces check box, then click Apply.
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4 Under Contours set the Parameter Pressure.
to
5 To adjust the color range of the plot, click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
and change the
Minimum and Maximum values to 29.98 and 30.02 lbf/in^2 respectively. 6 Click OK .
This plot shows the Pressure distribution on all faces that are in contact with the fluid (including inlet and outlet ones).To view the Surface Plot on a particular surface, clear the Use all faces check box and then select the surface of interest.
Viewing Flow Trajectories

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Surface Plot 1 item and select Hide. 2 Right-click Flow Trajectories and select Insert. 3 Click the Static Pressure 1 boundary condition to select its face.
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4 Make sure that Pattern Starting Points. 5 Set the Number of Points OK.
is selected under
to 16, then click
By default, Flow Trajectories, like any new plot, are colored by parameter selected for
the previous plot. You can select a different parameter or just set a fixed color.
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Viewing X-Y Plot

This feature is used to show how the value of some parameter changes along the specified sketch. The resulting plot is exported to Microsoft Excel.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Flow Trajectories 1 item and select Hide. 2 Right-click XY Plots and select Insert. 3 Under Parameters select X-Component of Velocity. 4 In the Model tree select Sketch 1 . 5 Click OK .
This is the plot you will see:

GATEVALVE.ASM [VALVE__PRE-DEFINED]
200
150
100 X-velocity (ft/min)
50
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Case 2: Gate Valve in the Half-Closed Position

With the FloEFD Pro project defined for one Gate Valve position, we can easily define similar project for the other Gate Valve position by cloning the existing project to the instance that corresponds to this position.
1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Clone Project. 2 Select Add to existing . 3 In the Existing configuration list select VALVE_HALFCLOSED. 4 Click OK. 5 6 7 As the selected instance loads, you will get the following message:
This message occurs when you modify the model geometry (or project settings) so that
the maximum or minimum X, Y or Z coordinates of the analyzed region become different from their values specified in the Computational Domain settings. Click Yes.
8 As the computational domain is now modified, the second message suggests you to
reset mesh settings for it.
Click Yes. As you can see, FloEFD Pro tracks geometry changes and suggests you to adjust the project automatically. Together with the ability to clone projects with all the specified input data and results plots settings, it makes FloEFD Pro a very flexible and easy-to-use tool for analyzing multiple design variants. In our case we use these capabilities to analyze the Gate Valve performance at the various positions of the disk. Now, the FloEFD Pro project for the half-closed Gate Valve position is ready. To calculate the project for this Gate Valve position, switch to the VALVE_HALF-CLOSED__PRE-DEFINED instance and repeat the steps described in the Running the Calculation section.
When loading the Goal Plot, you will see a table as shown below:
GATEVALVE.ASM [VALVE_HALF-CLOSED__PRE-DEFINED]
Goal Name Pressure Drop Unit [lbf/in^2] Value Averaged Value Minimum Value Maximum Value Progress [%] Use In Convergence 0.052389454 0.051176481 0.049564228 0.052719498 100 Yes
According to this table, the value of pressure drop increased about 5 times comparing to the Gate Valve at the near open position. You can use FloEFD Pro results processing tools to see how the change in Gate Valve position influences the overall flow field.
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Tutorial 2 - Heat Exchanger
Here we demonstrate the capabilities of FloEFD Pro to perform "what-if" analysis by considering two design options of a counter-flow Heat Exchanger. You can see its schematic diagram on the picture below.
Air Outlet Pressure: 58.3 lbf/in2 Air Inlet Volume Flow Rate: 90 ft3/min at 1800 F
Water Inlet Mass Flow Rate: 1.2 lb/s at 69.08 F
Water Outlet Pressure: Atmospheric pressure
The difference between two proposed models lies in the shape of fins placed on the outer wall of the inner tube: in the first case these fins are flat, while in the second case they are spiral. The boundary conditions for the fluid flows in both models are the same. To simulate heat transfer in solids, we consider that the inner tube with fins is made of copper and the housing is made of stainless steel. In order to make simulation more realistic, we also take into account heat exchange between the outer walls of the housing and the external fluid with a known temperature. The objective of this simulation is to predict the performance of the considered Heat Exchanger models and compare the obtained results. It is assumed that you have already passed the Gate Valve tutorial that demonstrates the basic principles of using FloEFD Pro.
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Opening the Model

1 Copy the Heat Exchanger folder into your working directory and ensure that the files
are not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

2 Click File , Open. In the File Open dialog box, browse to the heat_exchanger.asm assembly located in the Heat Exchanger folder and click Open. The Select Instance
dialog box will appear.

3 Select the FLAT_FINS instance and click Open.

1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Wizard. 2 In the opened dialog box, select Use current to use the current instance for the
FloEFD Pro project. To advance to the next step, click Next.
3 Under Unit System, select USA.
Click Next .
4 In the Analysis Type dialog box keep Internal as the Analysis type. Under Physical Features, select the Heat conduction in solids check box. By default, FloEFD Pro considers heat
conduction only within the fluid. To calculate a problem that includes heat transfer in solid parts, select the Heat conduction in solids option. Click Next .
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5 Since there are two fluids (water and air)
in this simulation, add both of them to the Project Fluids list: Expand the Gases item and add Air, then expand the Liquids item and add Water. In the Project Fluids list, make sure that the Default fluid type is Gases/Real Gases/Steam.
By default, all fluid regions within the
computational domain are filled with a fluid of one certain type (gases, liquids, compressible liquids or non-newtonian liquids).
If your model has one fluid region, it can be filled either with a single fluid or with a
mixture of fluids of the same type. When there are several fluid regions within a model that are separated by solid, you can specify a different fluid type for each of these regions by using the Fluid Subdomain feature after finishing the Wizard. Click Next.
6 Expand the Glasses and Minerals item and select Insulator as the default solid material, then click Next.
Here we assign this material to the lids that close the model openings as the most numerous parts in this model. Since there are no lids in the original model, we have to exclude them from the heat transfer analysis by assigning the Insulator material. Materials for other model components will be specified later.
To assign a different material to some particular component, you must create a Solid
Material condition for this component after finishing the Wizard.

7 In the Wall Conditions dialog box select Heat transfer coefficient in the Default outer wall thermal condition list. Change the value of Heat transfer coefficient to 5.5 W/m^2/K. The
entered value is automatically converted to the selected system of units. Click Next.
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8 In the Initial Conditions dialog box, under Thermodynamic Parameters specify the values of Pressure and Temperature equal to 58.3 lbf/in^2
and 1800 F respectively. These values are taken from the problem statement. Accept the default values for other conditions and click Next.
9 Keep the default Result resolution level of 3 and click Finish.
Switch to the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree tab. In the Analysis tree, expand the Input Data item, then right-click the Computational Domain icon and select Hide .
Specifying Fluid Subdomain

By default, FloEFD Pro considers that all fluid regions in the project have the same Default fluid type. To specify a different fluid type and the exact set of fluids within a closed fluid region, you have to use the Fluid Subdomain feature. Since we selected Gases/Real Gases/Steam as the Default fluid type and Air as the Default Fluid for this project in the Wizard, we need to specify a separate Fluid Subdomain for Water (Liquids type).
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1 Click Flow Analysis, Insert, Fluid Subdomain. 2 Select the inner face of the
INLET_LID_WATER. To access this face, set Filter to Geometry and in the graphic area right-click INLET_LID_WATER until the inner face is highlighted, and then click this face one more time to add it to the Faces to list. Apply the Fluid Subdomain After you add this face, you will see a preview of the detected subdomain that is shown as a blue body in the graphics area.
To define a fluid subdomain, you need to
select a face contacting the fluid region.

3 Under Fluids, in the Fluid type list, select Liquids. Make sure that Water (Liquids) is
selected.
4 Under Thermodynamic Parameters specify the
and Temperature values of Pressure equal to 14.7 lbf/in^2 and 68 F respectively.

5 Click OK. The new Fluid Subdomain 1 item
appears in the Analysis tree. Click-pause-click its name and rename it to Water Subdomain.
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1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 2 Select the inner face of INLET_LID_AIR.
3 Under Type, select Flow openings
and then
select Inlet Volume Flow.
4 Under Flow Parameters specify the Volume Flow Rate Normal to Face 90 ft^3/min.
value of
5 Expand the Thermodynamic Parameters group. You can see that the values of the Approximate
and Temperature are taken pressure from the initial conditions specified in the Wizard and are equal to 58.3 lbf/in^2 and 1800 F respectively.
6 Click OK . The new Inlet Volume Flow 1 item appears in the Analysis tree. Rename this item to Inlet Volume Flow - Air.
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7 Specify the same way inlet water flow (Inlet Mass Flow - Water) on the
inner face of INLET_LID_WATER. Under Flow Parameters specify the value of the Mass Flow Rate Normal to Face equal to 1.2 lb/s.
8 Specify the boundary conditions for the outlet flows as shown in the table below:
Air
Faces to apply Basic set of boundary conditions Type of boundary condition Thermodynamic Parameters inner face of OUTLET_LID_AIR Pressure Openings Environment Pressure Default, the pressure and temperature values are taken from the Initial Conditions and equal to 58.3 lbf/in^2
and 1800 F respectively
Water
inner face of OUTLET_LID_WATER Pressure Openings Static Pressure Default, the pressure and temperature values are taken from the Fluid Subdomain settings and equal to
14.7 lbf/in^2 and 68 F respectively
The Environment Pressure is a special boundary condition type that is interpreted as
static pressure for outlet flows and total pressure for inlet flows. Specifying this condition on a face, where fluid may flow in both directions (i.e. a vortex may occur), usually can lead to a better solution.
The Temperature value specified in the boundary condition applies only to the
incoming flow, if such flow occurs.
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Specifying Solid Materials

1 Click Flow Analysis, Insert, Solid Material. The Solid Material dialog appears. 2 Switch to the Model Tree and select the
component CENTRAL_PART.PRT and both SIDE_PART.PRT components. All three components appear in the Components to
Apply the Solid Material
list.
3 In the Solid group expand the Pre-Defined item and under Alloys select the Steel Stainless 321 solid material, then click OK. 4 The new Steel Stainless 321 Solid Material 1
item appears in the Analysis tree under Solid Materials. Rename it to Housing - Steel Stainless 321.
5 In the same way specify the Copper solid material (available under Pre-Defined , Metals ) for the CORE.PRT component. Rename the created item to Core - Copper.
Click anywhere in the graphics area to clear the selection.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, rightclick the Goals item and select Insert Surface Goals . 2 In the Analysis tree, select the Environment Pressure 1 item. This
selects the face at which the condition is specified. The face appears in the Faces to
Apply the Surface Goal
list.
3 In the Parameter table, select Av for Temperature of Fluid. Make sure that the Use for Conv. check box for this
parameter is selected.
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4 Change the Name template to: Av Outlet Temperature of Air. 5 Click OK. 6 Repeat the same steps to create a surface
goal of the average temperature of water at outlet. Select the Static Pressure 1 boundary condition to specify the face for the surface goal. When editing the Name template, type: Av Outlet Temperature of Water.
Cloning the Project

The FloEFD Pro project for the Heat Exchanger model with flat fins is now fully defined. It is obvious that the project for the second Heat Exchanger modification (with spiral fins) will be basically the same. Thus, we can simply clone the current project and assign it to the corresponding instance.
1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Clone Project. 2 Select Add to existing . 3 In the Existing configuration list, select SPIRAL_FINS. 4 Click OK. 5 6 As the selected instance loads, you will get a message that asks you if you want to reset mesh settings for the modified geometry. Click Yes. 7 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Rebuild.
At this stage, both FloEFD Pro projects are fully defined and are ready for calculation. To run the calculation in this demonstration version, you need to switch either to the FLAT_FINS__PRE-DEFINED or SPIRAL_FINS__PRE-DEFINED instance, for which the calculation function is unlocked. Then we will run the calculation of both predefined projects in the batch mode.
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1 Click Flow Analysis, Solve, Batch Run. 2 In the Batch Run dialog box, select the Solve check box for both "PRE-DEFINED" projects and clear
all check boxes for two other projects.

3 Click Run.
Wait while solver calculates both projects. In the solver monitor window you can notice the Goal plot and Preview windows with the messages asking you to select goals and check the plot settings. You can ignore or close them. The layout and settings of the solver monitor windows are stored when you close the solver monitor. The solver monitor layout stored from the previous calculation automatically applies when you start a new calculation. It is very convenient if you perform a series of calculations to analyze similar projects having some variations, which is typical for design optimization. In our case, the goal plot and preview settings from the previous calculation are not applicable, because the goals and model geometry in the heat exchanger project are completely different from the first example or any other example in the tutorial. After the calculation is finished, close both monitor windows by clicking File, Close.
Loading Results
1 In the active Pro/ENGINEER screen, click Flow Analysis, Results, Load/Unload Results. 2 In the Load Results dialog box, keep the default project results file name and click Open. Once you calculate several FloEFD Pro projects using Batch Run, you have to load the
results manually.
3 Activate the other calculated project and repeat steps 1-2.
Now, both result files are loaded in memory. When analyzing the obtained results using the FloEFD Pro post-processing tools, we assume that you are working with a single project, however you can switch to the other project anytime and repeat the same steps.
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Here we use Surface Plot to get a 3D view of the temperature distribution on the surface of the housing.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Surface Plots and select Insert. 2 In the analysis tree, select the Housing - Steel Stainless 321 item. All the faces of the components belonging to this solid material condition will be added to the Surfaces
list.
3 Under Contours set the Parameter Temperature. 4 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
to Solid
and
and Maximum change the Minimum values to 150 and 1800 F respectively.
5 Click OK. You will see a plot that looks
something like the one shown below. Optionally, you can change the Model Display to Wireframe in order to get a more detailed view of this plot.
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Getting Surface Parameters

This tool is used to determine minimum, maximum and average values of parameters in fluid and solid as well as calculate some integral parameters, such as mass flow rate or heat transfer rate, on the selected surfaces. For this problem, we use this tool to summarize the outlet air flow data and calculate the heat transfer rate from the inner tube walls to the water
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Surface Parameters and select Insert. 2 In the analysis tree, select the Environment Pressure 1 boundary condition. The face that
corresponds to this condition appears in the

Faces
list.
3 Under Parameters select All. 4 Under Options click Export to Excel. An Excel
spreadsheet with the calculated surface parameters will be generated. Close the Surface Parameters dialog by clicking OK.
5 Switch to the other calculated project and repeat
the steps above. With Excel spreadsheets generated for both models, it makes sense to compare the calculated Temperature values that are presented in the Local parameters table. These values are highlighted below. For flat fins:
Par ameter Pre s s u re [lbf /in ^2 ] Dens ity [lb /f t^3] V e loc ity [f t/s ] X - Co mpo nen t o f V elo c ity [f t/s ] Y - Compon ent of V e loc ity [f t/s ] Z - Co mpo nen t o f V elo c ity [f t/s ] Ma c h Number [ ] Flu id Tempe ratur e [F] Minimum 58 .3 0 .0 859 423 51 30.68 84 821 - 11.66 121 28 30.48 63 126 - 14.66 352 14 0 .0 151 791 46 12 51.86 81 Max imu m 58.3 0 .0 919 207 56 120 .3 812 67 14 .0 901 67 120 .1 042 68 16.43 632 12 0 .0 595 363 31 137 0.878 27 A v er age 58.3 0.08 81 493 94 9 9.38 085 54 1 .7 44 564 55 9 8.86 907 81 0.16 53 814 42 0.04 91 071 78 1 325 .659 97
For spiral fins:

Parameter Minimum Maximum A verage Pressure [lbf /in^2] 58.3 58.3 58.3 Density [lb/f t^3] 0.087519362 0.093704925 0.090331378 V elocity [f t/s ] 31.1474937 121.279043 94.7471253 X - Component of V elocity [f t/s] -8.80518301 20.8723541 1.17671203 Y - Component of V elocity [f t/s ] 31.0171032 120.956285 94.1745525 Z - Component of V elocity [f t/s] -20.8601693 13.2075903 0.462670324 Mach Number [ ] 0.01551359 0.060558943 0.047394012 Fluid Temperature [F] 1219.24741 1337.90424 1282.50346
We conclude that the Heat Exchanger with spiral fins is more efficient, as the considered spiral fins have a larger contact area between fluid and solid surfaces, so they are able to absorb more heat comparing to the flat fins.
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To estimate how much heat is taken away by the water flow in both cases, we can calculate the heat transfer rate from the inner tube walls to the water.
1 Once again, in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Surface Parameters and select Insert. 2 Select the surfaces of the inner tube that are in contact with water. 3 Under Parameters select All, then under Options click Export to Excel.Click OK to close the Surface Parameters dialog. 4 Repeat the same steps for the other calculated project.
In the generated Excel spreadsheets, the value of Heat Transfer Rate that is of interest is presented in the Integral parameters table. Comparing these values, we see that about 15% more heat can be taken away by the water flow when considering the inner tube with spiral fins (under the given flow conditions).
Viewing the Animation

We will use the Animation tool to view how the fluid temperature changes on the cross-section plane as this plane moves along the flow axis.
1
In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Cut Plots and select Insert.
2 In the Cut Plot dialog, make sure that the selected Section Plane or Planar Face is ASM_RIGHT . 3 Under Contours set the Parameter Temperature. 4 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
to Fluid
and
and Maximum change the Minimum values to 150 and 1800 F respectively.
5 Click OK. This way we created a reference plot. Set the Model Display to Wireframe and choose
the appropriate model orientation in the graphic area.

6 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Animations and select Insert. 7 In the Animation dialog box, right-click
the track that corresponds to the created Cut Plot 1 and select Properties.
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8 Select Move. Change the Start position and Finish position values to 0.8 ft and -0.8 ft
respectively.
9 Click OK . 10 To play the animation, click the
button. Optionally, you can save the animation to
an AVI file by clicking the directory
button. The file will be saved in the project results
Feel free to experiment with this and other FloEFD Pro results processing tools on your own.
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Tutorial 3 - T-Mixer
In this tutorial example we study the flow of water and ethanol as they mix together in the channel of a T-Mixer. Here, two models of T-Mixer are considered. The first model is a typical one, while the second model is expected to provide more uniform mixing. The difference between these two models is highlighted on the picture below.
T-Mixer Model 1 (original)
Ethanol Inlet Mass Flow Rate: 0.02 kg/s
Outlet Pressure: 1 atm
Water Inlet Mass Flow Rate: 0.02 kg/s
T-Mixer Model 2 (modified)
To simulate the flow of water and ethanol entering through the pipes (as shown above), we set the values of their inlet mass flow rates both equal to 0.02 kg/s. The resulting mixture exits the T-mixer at the pressure of 1 atm.
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The objective of the simulation is to investigate how the proposed design change influences the mixing. In order to obtain some quantitative information about the mixing performance in both models, we will focus our attention on the distribution of Ethanol mass fraction near the outlet. Such analysis may help an engineer to make a decision: whether the proposed modification improves the performance or not. It is assumed that you have already passed at least the Gate Valve tutorial that demonstrates the basic principles of using FloEFD Pro.
Opening the Model

1 Copy the Mixing Armature folder into your working directory and ensure that the
files are not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

2 Click File , Open. In the File Open dialog box, browse to the t-mixer_main.asm assembly located in the Mixing Armature folder and click Open. The Select Instance dialog box will appear. 3 Select the The generic instance and click Open.

1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Wizard. 2 In the opened dialog box, select Create new and name the configuration T-MIXER_ORIGINAL. With creating a new configuration for the
FloEFD Pro project, we create a new instance for this project in the Family Table. Click Next .
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3 Under Unit System, keep the default International System (SI). When specifying parameters in the
FloEFD Pro project, you can use any appropriate units that can be different from the default unit system. However the values you type will be converted to the units of the default unit system. Click Next.
4 In the Analysis Type dialog box, keep Internal as Analysis type.
Do not select any physical features.
Click Next.
5 Expand the Liquids item and add Ethanol and Water to the Project Fluids list.
Make sure that both are marked as the Default Fluid.

If there are several fluids of the same type
marked as the Default Fluid, all these fluids will be considered within the computational domain. In case the selected fluid is not marked as default, it is reserved for a Fluid Subdomain, if there is one. Click Next.
6 Accept the default wall conditions and click Next .
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7 In the Initial Conditions dialog box, under Concentration, change the Mass fractions of Ethanol and Water to 0 and 1 respectively. This means that initially
the fluid region within the computational domain is entirely filled with water. Keep the other values default. Click Next .
8 Set the Result resolution level to 5. Select Manual specification of the minimum wall thickness. Type the value of Minimum wall thickness equal to 0.002 m .
Click Finish .
Switch to the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree tab.
Using Component Control

When examining the list of components in this assembly, you can notice the MEASURE assembly that consists of four components placed near the outlet lid. They are added here to be used when estimating the distribution of mass fraction (or more precisely, its average values) of Ethanol over the outlet. By setting the corresponding goals on the ring-shaped faces of these additional components, we can get a detailed statistics about the distribution of Ethanol in different flow regions (from the near-wall to the flow core) in the same cross-section. To set goals on the MEASURE components, first we have to configure them so that they do not influence the fluid flow during the calculation, i.e. we make them "transparent" for the flow.
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1 Click Flow Analysis, Component Control. 2 In the Component Control dialog box select the MEASURE assembly and click Disable. 3 Click OK.
In case the disabled component is in contact with the computational domain boundary,
it is recommended to reset the default size of the computational domain.

4 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Computational Domain and select Edit Definition. 5 Under Size and Conditions click Reset. 6 Click OK.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 2 Select the inner face of INLET_LID_WATER.
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3 Under Type select Flow openings
and then
select Inlet Mass Flow.
4 Under Flow Parameters specify the Mass Flow Rate Normal to Face
value of 0.02 kg/s.
5 Expand the Substance Concentrations group
and make sure that the Mass fractions of Ethanol and Water are set to 0 and 1 respectively.
The default values of Substance Concentrations
and Thermodynamic Parameters are set using Initial conditions specified in the Wizard.
6 Click OK . The new Inlet Mass Flow 1 item appears in the Analysis tree. Rename it to Inlet Mass Flow - Water. 7 Specify the same way the Inlet Mass Flow Ethanol boundary condition on the inner face of the INLET_LID_ETHANOL with the same Mass Flow Rate Normal to Face
value of 0.02 kg/s.As opposed to the previous boundary condition, under Substance Concentrations set the values of Ethanol and Water mass fractions to 1 and 0 respectively.
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8 Specify the Environment Pressure boundary condition
with the default values on the inner face of OUTLET_LID. To make the selection of the face easier, you can hide the MEASURE assembly.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Goals item and select Insert Surface Goals. 2 In the graphic area, select the inner faces of all four
MEASURE components as shown in the picture right. Unhide the MEASURE assembly if necessary.
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3 In the Parameter table, select Bulk Av for Mass Fraction of Ethanol. 4 Select Create goal for each surface, then click OK.
Cloning the Project

The FloEFD Pro project for the first model is now fully defined. It is obvious that the project for the second T-Mixer model will be basically the same. Thus, we can simply clone the current project and assign it to the corresponding instance.
1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Clone Project. 2 Select Add to existing. 3 In the Existing configuration list, select TMIXER_MODIFIED. 4 Click OK . 5 When asked to reset the Computational Domain / Mesh Settings, click Yes.
At this stage, both FloEFD Pro projects are fully defined and are ready for calculation. To run the calculation in this demonstration version, you need to switch now either to the T-MIXER_ORIGINAL__PRE-DEFINED or T-MIXER_MODIFIED__PREDEFINED instance, for which the calculation function is unlocked. Then we will run the calculation of both pre-defined projects in the batch mode.
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3 Click Run.
Wait while solver calculates both projects. After the calculation is finished, close both monitor windows by clicking File , Close.
Loading Results
1 In the active Pro/ENGINEER screen, click Flow Analysis, Results , Load/Unload Results. 2 In the Load Results dialog box, keep the default project results file name and click Open. 3 Activate the other calculated project and repeat steps 1-2.
Now, both result files are loaded in memory. When analyzing the obtained results by using the FloEFD Pro post-processing tools, we assume that you are working with a single project, however you can switch to the other project anytime and repeat the same steps.
Viewing the Goals

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Results, right-click Goal Plots and select Insert. 2 In the Goal Plot dialog box, under Goals, select All. 3 Click OK.
An Excel spreadsheet with the goal results will open. On the first sheet there is a table summarizing the selected goals. Switch to the second calculated project and repeat the steps 1-3 to obtain the goal plot for the second modification of T-mixer.
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Now you can compare goal values for both modifications.
T -MIXER_MAIN .ASM [T -MIXER _O RIGIN AL__PR E-DEFIN ED ]

Goa l Na m e S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass Fraction Fraction Fraction Fraction Unit o[ ] o[ ] o[ ] o[ ] V alue Avera ge d Va lue M inim um Va lue Ma x im um Va lue Progress [%] Use In Conve rge nce 0.577270289 0.578437516 0.575982605 0.590244805 100 Y es 0.697821956 0.694577738 0.686885016 0.697821956 100 Y es 0.554801684 0.555324334 0.550736932 0.55631653 100 Y es 0.430518859 0.430163037 0.423873927 0.431178217 100 Y es
T -MIXER_MAIN .ASM [T -MIXER _MODIFIED__PR E-D EFIN ED]

Goa l Na m e S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass S G Bulk A v M ass Fraction Fraction Fraction Fraction Unit o[ ] o[ ] o[ ] o[ ] V alue Avera ge d Va lue M inim um Va lue Ma x im um Va lue Progress [%] Use In Conve rge nce 0.620198184 0.618760605 0.606470822 0.622509132 100 Y es 0.599272867 0.598822894 0.59065005 0.601679561 100 Y es 0.504158025 0.503899204 0.500254987 0.504738873 100 Y es 0.420736219 0.421703065 0.419430729 0.42483048 100 Y es
Judging by these values, we can say that both modifications demonstrate similar mixing performance. To get the exact answer, which modification is better, let us analyze the calculated flow fields in more detail.
Viewing Cut Plots

Let us see how Ethanol mixes with Water in the plane of symmetry.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Cut Plots and select Insert. 2 Select ASM_FRONT as the cut plane. To do this, first go to the Pro/ENGINEER Model Tree tab, click Settings, Tree Filters and make sure that Features is selected. Then click OK and
select the ASM_FRONT item in the Model Tree.

3 In the Cut Plot dialog, under Display, select both Contours
and Vectors
4 Under Contours we need to select Ethanol Mass Fraction as the Parameter.
However, this parameter is not available for selection by default. To make it selectable, in the Parameter list select Add Parameter.
5 In the opened Display Parameters dialog, expand the Local item and enable Mass Fraction of Ethanol, then click OK .
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6 In the Cut Plot dialog, under Contours, now select Ethanol Mass Fraction as the Parameter and Maximum
, then click Adjust Minimum and change the Minimum values to 0 and 1 to maximum (255)
and Maximum respectively.
7 Set the Number of Levels and click OK.
Repeat the steps 1-7 for the second calculated project. The resulting plots will look something like this:
Judging by these plots, we can say that the modified T-Mixer provides better penetration of Ethanol to the bottom side of the Water flow.
Viewing Isosurfaces
Using this feature, you can plot a 3D surface at which the selected parameter has some constant value. We will use it to view a mixing surface (i.e. the surface, where the Ethanol Mass Fraction takes a value of 0.5).
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Cut Plot 1 item and select Hide . 2 Right-click Isosurfaces 1 and select Show. By default, FloEFD Pro draws isosurface,
where the pressure takes a value of 1 atm. We need to change this.
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3 Right-click Isosurfaces 1 again and select Edit Definition. 4 Change the Parameter Ethanol .
to Mass Fraction of
5 Under Value 1 set the Value
to 0.5.
6 Under Appearance , in the Color by Parameter
list, select Velocity. and
7 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
set the Number of Levels then click OK.

You can select Grid
to maximum (255),
under Appearance to show grid lines at the isosurface. value
Repeat the steps 1-7 for the second calculated project. Set the same Maximum for the Velocity parameter as in the first project.
Now we can see, how a certain parameter (Velocity, in our case) changes along the mixing surface.
Velocity plot on the mixing surface of T-Mixer (Original model)
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Velocity plot on the mixing surface of T-Mixer (Modified model)

Here we use this feature to view the distribution of Ethanol at the outlet.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Isosurfaces 1 item and select Hide. 2 Right-click Surface Plots and select Insert. 3 Click the Environment Pressure 1 boundary condition to add the corresponding face
to the Surfaces
list. to Mass Fraction of Ethanol, then click
4 Under Contours change the Parameter OK.
Repeat the steps 1-4 for the second calculated project.
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These are the plots you will see:

(a) (b)
Distribution of Ethanol at the outlet: (a) - Original model, (b) - Modified model
Feel free to experiment with this and other results processing tools on your own.
Getting Surface Parameters

To make a final conclusion regarding the mixing performance of these two T-Mixer models, we will calculate a dispersion of Ethanol Mass Fraction at the outlet. The model with lesser dispersion will indicate more uniform mixing of Ethanol and Water. From theory, we can derive the equation of Mass Fraction dispersion in the form presented below:
=
2
u ( Ethanol Mass Fraction 0 .5)

S
dS ,
udS
S
where , u, dS are, respectively, density, velocity and the differential of area.

1 Click Flow Analysis, Tools, Engineering Databse. 2 Expand the Custom Visualization Parameters item and select User Defined. 3 Click New Item
in the toolbar. The blank Item Properties tab appears. To set a property value, double-click the corresponding empty cell .
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4 Fill the table as shown below:
Name Type formula Formula Unit
Dispersion Scalar ({Mass Fraction 1}-0.5)^2 Non-dimensional
In this FloEFD Pro project, Mass Fraction 1 corresponds to the Mass Fraction of Ethanol
5 Click Save
in the toolbar and click File, Exit.
6 Right-click the Results icon and select Parameter List. 7 In the opened Display Parameters window, expand the Local item and enable the newly created Dispersion parameter, then click OK.
8 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Surface Parameters and select Insert. 9 In the analysis tree, select the Environment Pressure 1 boundary condition. The face
that corresponds to this condition appears in the Faces

10 Under Parameters select All.
list.
11 Under Options click Export to Excel. An Excel spreadsheet with the calculated surface parameters will be generated. Close the Surface Parameters dialog by clicking OK.
Switch to the other calculated project and repeat the steps 6-10. With Excel spreadsheets generated for both models, we have to compare the bulk average values of the calculated Dispersion that are presented in the Local parameters table. Original model:
Param eter Dispersion [ ] Minim um Maxim um Average Bulk Average 0.001564181 0.248678497 0.145777072 0.14928345
Modified model:
Par ameter Minimum Max imum A v erage Bulk A v erage Dis pers ion [ ] 1.4365E-06 0.249748268 0.099661165 0.093751073
Comparing these values, we can conclude that the Original model actually provides more uniform mixing.
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Tutorial 4 - Flow over the Roof-Mounted Figure
This tutorial illustrates how to simulate an external flow over a solid body. As an example, we consider a roof-mounted exhaust pipe with its flange end masked by a bird-looking figure. When the wind flows over this figure, it applies certain force and torque on it. The objective of this simulation is to calculate both these parameters in the hurricane-like conditions with the known wind velocity of 45 m/s and examine how a minor change in the wind direction influences the resulting values. Here we consider two cases as shown on the picture below.
Wind direction 1 (Vx =-20 m/s, Vy =40 m/s) Wind direction 2 (Vy=45 m/s)
Exhaust pipe
In this simulation, we also take into account the outlet flow from the exhaust pipe by specifying a fixed value of pressure on the corresponding faces (marked with yellow on the pictures above) . It is assumed that you have already passed at least the Gate Valve tutorial that demonstrates the basic principles of using FloEFD Pro.
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Opening the Model

1 Copy the Roof-Mounted Figure folder into your working directory and ensure that the
files are not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

2 Click File , Open. In the File Open dialog box, browse to the
bird_shaped-exhaust.asm assembly located in the Roof-Mounted Figure folder and click Open. The Select Instance dialog box will appear.
3 Select the The generic instance and click Open.

1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Wizard. 2 In the opened dialog box, select Create new and name the configuration WIND_DIRECTION1.
Click Next .
3 Under Unit System, keep the default International System (SI).
Click Next .
4 In the Analysis Type dialog box, select External as the Analysis type .
Do not select any physical features.
Click Next .
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5 Expand the Gases item and add Air to the Project Fluids list.
Click Next.
7 In the Initial and Ambient Conditions dialog box, under Velocity Parameters, change the Velocity in X direction and Velocity in Y direction to -20 m/s and 40 m/s respectively.
Keep the other values default.

The specified Initial and Ambient
conditions for the External type of analysis are treated both as Initial conditions within the computational domain and as Boundary conditions on its bounding faces that make up a parallelepiped. The specified velocity and temperature values are maintained on the computational domain boundaries where the fluid flows into the computational domain , while the pressure values are maintained on the boundaries where the fluids flows out of the computational domain. Once you finish the Wizard, you can preview this domain in the graphic area and modify it to the appropriate size. Click Next.
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of 3. Select Manual specification of the minimum wall thickness. Type the value of Minimum wall thickness equal to 0.05 m. Click Finish .
In the graphic area, you will see a preview of the automatically generated computational domain. Switch to the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree tab.
Specifying the Size of the Computational Domain

In most cases, the computational domain automatically generated for an external problem will be appropriate. However, in this simulation, we can noticeably decrease its size to reduce the total CPU time for the analysis. First, it is convenient to cut down the fluid space located below the considered figure, since we do not take into account any possible impact on the flow from the actual building, where this figure is mounted on. For this tutorial, we also decrease the size of the computational domain in two other directions.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Computational Domain item and select Edit Definition. 2 Under Size and Conditions, set the following
values:
X max X min Y max Y min
: 10 m, : -20 m, : 25 m, : -10 m,
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Z max
: 15 m, : 0 m.
and Z min
You can also adjust the computational domain size by dragging the colored arrows at
its faces. If you need, you can switch back to the size of the automatically generated computational domain by clicking Reset.
3 Click OK.
It is a common practice (in an External analysis) to specify the boundaries of the computational domain far from the analysed solid body. This way these boundaries have a minor influence on the flow near the body, resulting in an accurate flow prediction. When the position of the boundaries has a negligible influence on the flow field near the body, we can decrease the overall size of the computational domain keeping the acceptable degree of accuracy with less CPU time spent for the calculation.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 2 Select two faces of the WING-L and WING-R
components as shown on the picture at right.
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3 Under Type select Pressure Openings
and
then select Environment Pressure.

4 Click OK . The default values for this boundary
condition are appropriate here, so we do not have to change them.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, rightclick the Goals item and select Insert Global Goals. 2 In the Parameter table, select Force, X-Component of Force, Y-Component of Force and Z-Component of Torque. 3 Make sure that the Global Coordinate System is selected, so that the goals
will be calculated with respect to this system.

4 Click OK .
Cloning the Project

The FloEFD Pro project for the first case is now fully defined. For the second case, the model geometry remains the same. The only difference is that we have to change the wind direction.
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1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Clone Project. 2 Select Create new. 3 Edit the Configuration name to WIND_DIRECTION2. 4 Click OK. This will create a new Instance for the second
project.
5 In the new instance window, in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Input Data and select General Settings. 6 Use the Navigator at the right side of the dialog box to switch to Initial and ambient conditions and change the Velocity in X direction and Velocity in Y direction to 0 m/s and 45 m/s respectively. 7 Click OK.
8 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Computational Domain and select Edit Definition. 9 Under Size and Conditions, change the
following values:
X max X min 10 Click OK.
to 15 m and to -15 m.
11 Since the specified wind direction produces virtually zero values of X-Component of Force and Z-Component of Torque on the analyzed
figure (it has a symmetry in the Z-Y plane), we can exclude these parameters from the convergence control in the current project and so reduce the total calculation time. To do this, in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Goals, double-click GG X - Component of Force 1. In the opened dialog box clear the Use for convergence control check box and then click OK.
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12 Repeat the same step for the GG Z - Component of Torque 1.
Notice that we do not totally exlude these goals from the project in order to keep an eye on their values during the calculation. At this stage, both FloEFD Pro projects are fully defined and are ready for calculation. To run the calculation in this demonstration version, you need to switch now either to the WIND_DIRECTION1__PRE-DEFINED or WIND_DIRECTION2__PRE-DEFINED instance, for which the calculation function is unlocked. Then we will run the calculation of both pre-defined projects in the batch mode.


3 Click Run.
Wait while solver calculates both projects. After the calculation is finished, close both monitor dialog boxes by clicking File , Close .
Loading Results
1 In the activated Pro/ENGINEER screen, click Flow Analysis, Results, Load/Unload Results. 2 In the Load Results dialog box, keep the default project results file name and click Open. 3 Activate the other calculated project and repeat steps 1-2.
When analyzing the obtained results by using the FloEFD Pro post-processing tools, we assume that you are working with a single project, however you can switch to the other project anytime and repeat the same steps.
Viewing the Goals

1 In the active Pro/ENGINEER screen, click Flow Analysis, Results, Load/Unload Results. 2 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Results, right-click Goal Plots and select Insert.
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3 In the Goal Plot dialog, under Goals , select All. 4 Click OK.
An Excel spreadsheet with the goal results will open. On the first sheet there is a table summarizing the selected goals. Switch to the second calculated project and repeat the steps 1-4 to obtain the goal plot for the second wind direction. For the first case, we get:
BIRD_SHAPED-EXHAUST.ASM [WIND_DIRECTION1__PRE-DEFINED]
Goa l Name GG Force 1 GG X - Component of Force 1 GG Y - Component of Force 1 GG Z - Component of Torque 1 Unit [N] [N] [N] [N*m] Value Ave ra ged Va lue Minimum Value Max imum Value Progress [%] Use In Convergence 22391.62041 22334.70375 22176.62309 22448.13796 100 Yes -18983.95826 -18932.1487 -19070.95573 -18716.20037 100 Yes 11642.18393 11616.52881 11533.11792 11830.97839 100 Yes -18712.6334 -18690.85468 -18716.86086 -18648.04338 100 Yes
And for the second case:
BIRD_SHAPED-EXHAUST.ASM [WIND_DIRECTION2__PRE-DEFINED]
Goal Name GG Force 1 GG X - Component of Force 1 GG Y - Component of Force 1 GG Z - Component of Torque 1 Unit [N] [N] [N] [N*m] Value Averaged Value Minimum Value Maximum Value Progress [%] Use In Convergence 10863.42838 10901.26188 10859.45604 11000.77219 100 Yes -116.9423958 -28.19217596 -116.9423958 44.88277087 0 No 10022.46629 10030.70112 10002.14079 10085.49871 100 Yes -20.69706805 -10.08273773 -30.51409657 13.00198838 0 No
Analyzing these results, we can say that for the first case, when the wind has X-Velocity component two times smaller than Y-Velocity component, we get the X-Component of Force that is about twice as bigger as Y-Component of Force obtained on both cases. So, when designing such figure, it is obligatory to consider the wind blowing in several directions.

Here we use this feature to see how the pressure changes on the surface of the figure.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click Surface Plots and select Insert. 2 In the Selection group, select the Use all faces check box. 3 Under Contours set the Parameter 4 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
to Pressure and change the Minimum and
Maximum values to 99000 Pa and 102000 Pa respectively. Set the Number of Levels to maximum (255) and then click OK.
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The resulting plots for both cases will look like these:
Wind direction 1
Wind direction 2
Viewing Cut Plots

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click the Surface Plot 1 item and select Hide. 2 Right-click Cut Plots and select Insert. 3 Select ASM_FRONT as the cut plane. To do this, first go to the Pro/ENGINEER Model Tree tab, click Settings, Tree Filters and make sure that Features is selected. Then click OK and
select the ASM_FRONT item in the Model Tree.

4 Under Selection set Offset
to 4.5 m.
5 Under Display select both Contours and Vectors. You do not have to create individual planes in
Pro/ENGINEER for each Cut Plot if you want to plot a parameter on several planes that are parallel to each other. Instead, you can move the Offset slider (or type a specific value in the box) to change the distance between the selected plane and the created Cut Plot.
6 Under Contours set the Parameter 7 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum Maximum
to Velocity. and change the Minimum and
values to 0 m/s and 45 m/s respectively.
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8 Expand Options and set Plot Transparency to 0.25.
9 Click OK.
You will see a velocity plot like the one below
Wind direction 1
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Wind direction 2
Feel free to experiment with this and other results processing tools on your own.
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Tutorial 5 - Exhaust Manifold
This tutorial demonstrates the capability of FloEFD Pro to solve unsteady (timedependent) problems. As an example, we study a flow of exhaust gas in the Exhaust Manifold of a 2 liter 4-cylinder engine. In order to evacuate the combustion products from a cylinder during the exhaust stroke, each cylinder is equipped by a valve that operates in a periodic mode. During a quarter of one time period (a cycle), each valve is kept in the opened position and then moves to the closed position. The duration of this time period depends on the engine speed, so in order to define its value for the simulation, let us consider two typical engine regimes: 3000 RPM (nominal) and 1000 RPM (idle). The corresponding values of the time period will be: 20 ms for the nominal speed and 60 ms for the idle speed.
Exhaust Gases
Case 1 (engine speed of 3000 RPM): Inlet Volume Flow Rate = 100 l/s, T = 1500 K Case 2 (engine speed of 1000 RPM): Inlet Volume Flow Rate = 33.3 l/s, T = 1000 K
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To consider the operation cycle of valves in the simulation, we specify a time-dependent volume flow rate at the inlet of each tube in the exhaust manifold. For example, when the valve is closed, the volume flow rate must turn to zero. Once the valve gets opened, the volume flow rate becomes equal to the given value that depends on the engine volume and speed. For the specified 2-liter engine, we set these values as shown on the picture. The objective of the simulation is to investigate how the flow field in the Exhaust Manifold changes in time. It is assumed that you have already passed at least the Gate Valve tutorial that demonstrates the basic principles of using FloEFD Pro.
Opening the Model

1 Copy the Exaust Manifold folder into your working directory and ensure that the files
are not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

2 Click File , Open. In the File Open dialog box, browse to the
exhaust_4-cylinder-engine.asm assembly located in the Exhaust Manifold folder and click Open. The Select Instance dialog box will appear.
3 Select the The generic instance and click Open.

1 Click Flow Analysis, Project, Wizard. 2 In the opened dialog box, select Create new and name the configuration EXHAUST_AT_3000RPM.
Click Next .
3 Under Unit System, select the International System (SI). In the Parameter table, under Main, change the Unit for Physical time to Millisecond (ms), and under Loads&Motion change the Unit for Volume flow rate to Liter/second (l/s).
Click Next .
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4 In the Analysis Type dialog box, select Internal as the Analysis type. Under Physical Features, select the Timedependent check box. Change the Total analysis time to 20 ms and Output time step to 0.5 ms.
The latter means that FloEFD Pro will store the data obtained at each half of the millisecond of the specified total analysis time. Click Next.
5 Expand the Gases item and add Air to the Project Fluids list. Here, we will use the
properties of air to simulate the exhaust gas.
Click Next.
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7 In the Initial Conditions dialog box, under Thermodynamic Parameters, change the Temperature to 1500 K, then click Next.
of 3. Click Finish .
Switch to the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree tab.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Boundary conditions item and select Insert Boundary Condition. 2 Select the inner face of INLET_LID1.
3 Under Type select Flow openings
and then
select Inlet Volume Flow.

4 Expand the Thermodynamic Parameters group
and make sure that the value of Temperature is equal to 1500 K.
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5 Under Flow Parameters click Dependency to the right of the Volume flow rate normal to face
field.
6 In the Dependency dialog box, in the Dependency type list select F(time) - table. Fill
the table as shown at the picture below. You can preview the resulting dependency by selecting Preview Chart.
7 After finishing, click OK, then click OK in the Boundary Condition dialog. 8 Repeat the steps 1-7 for the second inlet, where the volume flow rate is non-zero
during the second time interval (5 ms - 10 ms). Specify it on the inner face of INLET_LID2 in the same way and fill the table as shown on the picture below.
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9 Repeat the same steps for the INLET_LID3 and INLET_LID4 and fill the tables for
volume flow rate dependency as shown below. Notice that the non-zero volume flow rate on the third time interval (10 ms - 15 ms) is set on the INLET_LID4 . INLET_LID3:
INLET_LID4:
10 Specify the Environment Pressure boundary condition with the default values on the
inner face of both OUTLED-LID1 and OUTLED-LID2.

1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, right-click the Goals item and select Insert Surface Goals.
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2 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree select the Environment Pressure 1 condition to select the
inner faces of the OUTLED-LID1 and OUTLED-LID2 components.

3 In the Parameter table, select Volume Flow Rate. 4 Select Create goal for each surface , then click OK
The first FloEFD Pro project is now fully defined. The second project will differ in the values of the inlet volume flow rate and temperature. Also, with a different period length (60 ms), all the time intervals specified at each inlet are three times longer. To save your time, we will not ask you to pass all these steps. To run the calculation in this demonstration version, you need to switch now either to the EXHAUST_AT_3000RPM_PRE-DEFINED or EXHAUST_AT_1000RPM_PREDEFINED instance, for which the calculation function is unlocked.

all check boxes for the project defined by you.

3 Click Run.
Wait while solver calculates both projects. After the calculation is finished, close both monitor dialog boxes by clicking File, Close.
Loading Results
1 In the active Pro/ENGINEER screen, click Flow Analysis, Results , Load/Unload Results. 2 In the Load Results dialog box, keep the default project results file name and click Open. 3 Activate the other calculated project and repeat steps 1-2.
When analyzing the obtained results by using the FloEFD Pro post-processing tools, we assume that you are working with a single project, however you can switch to the other project anytime and repeat the same steps.
Viewing Goal Plots

Let us see how the volume flow rate at the outlet changes in time.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree, under Results, right-click Goal Plots and select Insert. 2 In the Goal Plot dialog box, under Goals, select All. 3 Change the Abscissa 4 Click OK .
to Physical time.
An Excel spreadsheet with the goal results will open. Switch to the second Excel sheet(Volume Flow Rate).
This is the plot you will see.

EXHAUST_4-CYLINDER-ENGINE.ASM [EXHAUST_AT_3000RPM_PRE-DEFINED]
20
0 0 5 10 15 20 25
-20 Volume Flow Rate [l/s]
-40 SG Volume Flow Rate 1 SG Volume Flow Rate 2 -60
-80
-100
-120 Physical time (ms)
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Viewing the Animation

We will use the Animation tool to view how the pressure in cylinders changes in time.
1 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Surface Plots and select Insert. 2 In the Surface Plot dialog, select Use all faces 3 Under Contours set the Parameter Pressure. 4 Click Adjust Minimum and Maximum
to
and
and Maximum change the Minimum values to 101325 Pa and 105000 Pa respectively
5 Set the Number of Levels 6 Click OK.
to maximum (255).
This way we created a reference plot for the animation.

7 In the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree right-click Animations and select Insert. 8 In the Animation dialog, click the Wizard
button.
9 In the Animation Wizard dialog box, select Delete all existing tracks.
Click Next twice, skipping the Rotate Model step.
10 Select Scenario as the type of animation.
Click Next.
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11 Keep the Uniform distribution and click Finish.
12 Double-click the track that corresponds to the created Surface Plot 1 and move the rhomb to the 00:10
position.
13 To play the resulting animation, click the
button. Optionally, you can save the
animation to AVI file by clicking the results directory.
button. The file will be saved in the projects
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In case of the engine speed of 3000 RPM, we have the pressure distribution as shown in the pictures below.
2 ms
7 ms
12 ms
17 ms
Feel free to experiment with this tool to see how other parameters change in time.
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Limitations of the Demonstration Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Tutorial 1 - Gate Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

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Tutorial 2 - Heat Exchanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Tutorial 3 - T-Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

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Tutorial 4 - Flow over the Roof-Mounted Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Tutorial 5 - Exhaust Manifold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

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Limitations of the Demonstration Version

Limitations of the Demonstration Version

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Tutorial 1 - Gate Valve

Outlet Pressure: 30 lbf/in2

Opening the Model

not read-only. Run FloEFD Pro.

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Tutorial 1- Gate Valve

Creating the Project

The Wizard dialog box appears.

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selected. For this problem, do not select any physical features.

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Tutorial 1- Gate Valve

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Specifying Boundary Conditions

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Tutorial 1- Gate Valve

4 Under Type select Flow Openings

select Inlet Mass Flow.

5 Under Flow Parameters specify Mass Flow Rate Normal to Face

6 Select the Fully developed flow check box. The

inlet flow appears in the FloEFD Pro Analysis tree.

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same way as you selected the inner face of INLET_LID.

10 Under Type select Pressure Openings

and then select Static Pressure.

11 Under Thermodynamic Parameters, specify the

value of Static Pressure 30 lbf/in^2.

12 Click OK to close the dialog box.

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Specifying Engineering Goals

average value of the static pressure on the selected face as a goal.

determine the pressure drop.

input data parameters as variables.

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Running the Calculation

will be used for this calculation.

button on the Solver toolbar.

on the Solver toolbar. The Add/Remove Goals dialog

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Tutorial 1- Gate Valve

In the Goal plot box you can see

button again to continue calculation.

Viewing the Goals

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2 In the Goals dialog box, select Pressure Drop.

Viewing Cut Plots

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