Named selection body doesn't show up in Fluent Boundary conditions

Rhilane · August 13, 2017, 12:25

Hello,

I am new to CFD simulations, I am trying to do a wind turbine simulation. I drew the blades in gambit and import the file in Workbench design modeler. I then drew a cylinder (rotor) around the blades and englobed everything in a bigger cylinder representing the fluid (wind). I used Boolean to substract blades from rotor (without keeping the blades) and the rotor from the fluid (keeping the rotor).

I meshed it and named all faces and bodies.

In Fluent, boundary conditions, I find only parts related to the Fluid and contact-regions + some walls created by fluent. I can't find the rotor (faces or bodies).
I need the rotor body in order to plot the moment, drag and lift forces to calculate the Cp.

I will attach capture screens of the geometry, the named selections and boundary condition.

Geometry : http://imgur.com/oFU8RYu
Mesh and named selections : http://imgur.com/xRHgjiJ
Boundary conditions: http://imgur.com/3Gmps0d
Moment monitor: http://imgur.com/a57dQyf

yow · August 13, 2017, 15:04

What's "pales"? There are two surfaces b/w the rotor and the fluid in Mesh, one for the fluid and one for the rotor. Seems strange that you can calculate the moment without the blades...

Rhilane · August 13, 2017, 15:08

"Pales" are the blades (it's in french)

August 13, 2017, 12:25	Named selection body doesn't show up in Fluent Boundary conditions	#1
Rhilane New Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hello, I am new to CFD simulations, I am trying to do a wind turbine simulation. I drew the blades in gambit and import the file in Workbench design modeler. I then drew a cylinder (rotor) around the blades and englobed everything in a bigger cylinder representing the fluid (wind). I used Boolean to substract blades from rotor (without keeping the blades) and the rotor from the fluid (keeping the rotor). I meshed it and named all faces and bodies. In Fluent, boundary conditions, I find only parts related to the Fluid and contact-regions + some walls created by fluent. I can't find the rotor (faces or bodies). I need the rotor body in order to plot the moment, drag and lift forces to calculate the Cp. I will attach capture screens of the geometry, the named selections and boundary condition. Geometry : http://imgur.com/oFU8RYu Mesh and named selections : http://imgur.com/xRHgjiJ Boundary conditions: http://imgur.com/3Gmps0d Moment monitor: http://imgur.com/a57dQyf Last edited by Rhilane; August 13, 2017 at 12:35. Reason: The links to the screen captures don't seem to work

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August 13, 2017, 15:04		#2
yow New Member Yang Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 11	What's "pales"? There are two surfaces b/w the rotor and the fluid in Mesh, one for the fluid and one for the rotor. Seems strange that you can calculate the moment without the blades...

August 13, 2017, 15:08		#3
Rhilane New Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	"Pales" are the blades (it's in french)