[superluminality]

I simulate one case using pressure-based, steady solver. Pressure-velocity coupling scheme is SIMPLEC. After 1,000 iterations all the residuals becomes flat, with the continuity residual around 3e-1 (obviously not small enough to be satisfactory). Flow quantity (e.g. temperature) on one sampled point was also monitored. Temperature on this sampled point oscillates from 295 K to 312 K for every 20 iterations.
Now I want to calculate the average flow quantities (including velocity magnitude, temperature) over the whole fluid domain during those 20 iterations. Could anyone tell me how to do it in FLUENT?
PS: For transient solver in FLUENT, you can enable the option 'data sampling for time statistics' to average among time steps. But for steady solver in Fluent, is there similar way to average among iterations?
Pictures of scaled residual and temperature history on the sampled point are also attached for reference.

[LuckyTran]

Fluent doesn't have this option built-in. Although I agree it would be a nice diagnostic tool to have. You should request it as a feature to Ansys support and maybe it'll show up in a future version.

[superluminality]

Many thanks for your reply. Is it possible to use Macros in 'Execute Commands' under 'Calculation Activities', or even, hook up a UDF? I have tried these manners but still haven't got a clue... Many thanks if you could give a hint.

[superluminality]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

Fluent doesn't have this option built-in. Although I agree it would be a nice diagnostic tool to have. You should request it as a feature to Ansys support and maybe it'll show up in a future version.

Many thanks for your reply. Is it possible to use Macros in 'Execute Commands' under 'Calculation Activities', or even, hook up a UDF? I have tried these manners but still haven't got a clue... Many thanks if you could give a hint.

[LuckyTran]

You are right it certainly is doable with a udf. Off the top of my head I don't know what the final form would be. You would only need to loop through the cell thread and keep an index of the iteration count. It sounds simple at least... You might want to google udf's for calculating the time-average and replacing the time-step with iterations.

[superluminality]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

You are right it certainly is doable with a udf. Off the top of my head I don't know what the final form would be. You would only need to loop through the cell thread and keep an index of the iteration count. It sounds simple at least... You might want to google udf's for calculating the time-average and replacing the time-step with iterations.

Many thanks! I have not used UDF before and would try as you've suggested. Is there any other resource (like UDF samples and tutorials) you suggested which could help me to tackle this problem ASAP?

[AlexanderZ]

ansys fluent customization manual
google
youtube
this forum as well

best regards

[superluminality]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

You are right it certainly is doable with a udf. Off the top of my head I don't know what the final form would be. You would only need to loop through the cell thread and keep an index of the iteration count. It sounds simple at least... You might want to google udf's for calculating the time-average and replacing the time-step with iterations.

I have compiled a UDF to achieve this purpose after learning programming with it in Customization Manual. In the meantime, I have contacted ANSYS technical support and they created a feature request. Hopefully it will be done automatically in future versions. Many thanks for your kind reply!

[Nush87]

Originally Posted by superluminality

I have compiled a UDF to achieve this purpose after learning programming with it in Customization Manual. In the meantime, I have contacted ANSYS technical support and they created a feature request. Hopefully it will be done automatically in future versions. Many thanks for your kind reply!

Hello. I am having a similar issue with velocity and pressure on some of my models. I am simulating cross ventilation flow in an isothermal building. Could you please be extremely kind and share your UDF? an architect with no coding knowledge will thank you forever here!