Wind Tunnel

Lazy Gun · June 8, 2012, 16:35

Hi,

Apologies if this question has been asked before - I did do a quick search before posting this :-)

I want to model the airflow over a high-speed hydroplane and am looking for a tutorial that shows how to construct a wind tunnel environment in Ansys CFX. I've done the obvious and looked on google, but with little success - could one of you please point me in the direction of a guide/tutorial that explains the methodology for a complete noob?

Many thanks,
LG

GenericOne · June 9, 2012, 04:25

Hi!
Do you mean how to create the geometry or the mesh in ANSYS?
Are you using workbench btw?

Lazy Gun · June 10, 2012, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by GenericOne

Hi!
Do you mean how to create the geometry or the mesh in ANSYS?
Are you using workbench btw?

How to create the geometry. I've played around with it and I've added a domain "box", I just need a few pointers as to what to do next.

Regards,
LG

k.vafiadis · June 10, 2012, 19:52

It's all about inserting (or creating) your hydroplane geometry body and then freeze it. Then create the wind tunnel fluid domain and subtract the to bodies to create a fluid area (wind tunnel) with the shape of the hydroplane missing.

rikio · June 10, 2012, 20:59

It is of the same process as other CFD simulations, mesh the domain, set the boundary conditions and solver parameters, and then solve. If you are new to this kind of problem, I would suggest you to look for some papers which conducted the studies like you are doing.

GenericOne · June 11, 2012, 03:07

I think its down to your personal preference on how to the create the geometry.
I would just make the geometry of the Wind tunnel domain and the model in a CAD software and then just import the geometry to ANSYS.

ghorrocks · June 11, 2012, 21:10

The CFX tutorials show how to do this sort of simulation.

Lazy Gun · June 13, 2012, 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghorrocks

The CFX tutorials show how to do this sort of simulation.

Will take a look. Many thanks for the replies.

LG

hannah72206 · June 21, 2012, 13:33

It's probably too late, but this guy has made a set of wonderful tutorials. His are in regard to vehicle aerodynamics, but it can be applied to aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZR7W...feature=relmfu

June 8, 2012, 16:35	Wind Tunnel	#1
Lazy Gun New Member Paul Williams Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 14	Hi, Apologies if this question has been asked before - I did do a quick search before posting this :-) I want to model the airflow over a high-speed hydroplane and am looking for a tutorial that shows how to construct a wind tunnel environment in Ansys CFX. I've done the obvious and looked on google, but with little success - could one of you please point me in the direction of a guide/tutorial that explains the methodology for a complete noob? Many thanks, LG

June 10, 2012, 19:52		#4
k.vafiadis New Member Kyriakos Vafiadis Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kozani, Greece Posts: 29 Rep Power: 15	It's all about inserting (or creating) your hydroplane geometry body and then freeze it. Then create the wind tunnel fluid domain and subtract the to bodies to create a fluid area (wind tunnel) with the shape of the hydroplane missing. __________________ -- Kyriakos Vafiadis Mechanical Engineer, PhD candidate

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rikio Senior Member Rikio Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SH, China Posts: 182 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 17	It is of the same process as other CFD simulations, mesh the domain, set the boundary conditions and solver parameters, and then solve. If you are new to this kind of problem, I would suggest you to look for some papers which conducted the studies like you are doing.

June 11, 2012, 03:07		#6
GenericOne New Member Joji Wata Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 15	I think its down to your personal preference on how to the create the geometry. I would just make the geometry of the Wind tunnel domain and the model in a CAD software and then just import the geometry to ANSYS.

June 11, 2012, 21:10		#7
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,850 Rep Power: 144	The CFX tutorials show how to do this sort of simulation.

June 21, 2012, 13:33		#9
hannah72206 New Member Hannah Mac Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 14	It's probably too late, but this guy has made a set of wonderful tutorials. His are in regard to vehicle aerodynamics, but it can be applied to aircraft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZR7W...feature=relmfu