How does ANSYS Fluent calculate its enthalpy?

RebeccaKn92 · November 28, 2015, 06:46

Hey guys!

I am working with ANSYS Fluent at the moment and now there appeared a question.

I wrote the User-Defined Funtions, one for the density and one for the viscosity - both dependent on the enthalpy. While running the calculation with one of these UDFs I set the other parameter (density or viscosity) constant. All other settings stayed the same in those two calculations.

Now ANSYS Fluent gave me different enthalpy-values in both calculations. Now I am a bit confused because the density and the viscosity respectively should be calculated based on the enthalpy-values and not the other way around.

So can anyone help me and explain to me why I have different enthalpy-values when I just changed the terms for density and viscosity?

Thanks up front!

tiancaidushen · June 4, 2018, 06:20

hi, did you figure out the enthalpy calculation in FLUENT?

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Originally Posted by RebeccaKn92

Hey guys!

I am working with ANSYS Fluent at the moment and now there appeared a question.

I wrote the User-Defined Funtions, one for the density and one for the viscosity - both dependent on the enthalpy. While running the calculation with one of these UDFs I set the other parameter (density or viscosity) constant. All other settings stayed the same in those two calculations.

Now ANSYS Fluent gave me different enthalpy-values in both calculations. Now I am a bit confused because the density and the viscosity respectively should be calculated based on the enthalpy-values and not the other way around.

So can anyone help me and explain to me why I have different enthalpy-values when I just changed the terms for density and viscosity?

Thanks up front!

November 28, 2015, 06:46	How does ANSYS Fluent calculate its enthalpy?	#1
RebeccaKn92 New Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 11	Hey guys! I am working with ANSYS Fluent at the moment and now there appeared a question. I wrote the User-Defined Funtions, one for the density and one for the viscosity - both dependent on the enthalpy. While running the calculation with one of these UDFs I set the other parameter (density or viscosity) constant. All other settings stayed the same in those two calculations. Now ANSYS Fluent gave me different enthalpy-values in both calculations. Now I am a bit confused because the density and the viscosity respectively should be calculated based on the enthalpy-values and not the other way around. So can anyone help me and explain to me why I have different enthalpy-values when I just changed the terms for density and viscosity? Thanks up front! Last edited by RebeccaKn92; November 28, 2015 at 08:45.

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