[bored_bot]

Hey guys!

I've been trying to replicate an ANSYS how-to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uktp5lBy0OU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vsw9Khyvhg

In this they describe replicating a flapping motion of a door, I wrote my UDF file exactly as they showed, instead of getting a nice flapping motion, I'm getting a rotation. Now I'm guessing the center of gravity could be the cause of this issue (highly unlikely) since we both didn't start with the same mesh I'm guessing?

I'm guessing the theta_max defined in the UDF isn't working as well?

tbh, I don't know what's going on, any clarification would be really helpful. Please do ask me anything that could help you diagnose this issue. Thank you guys!

btw I've followed the same dimensions of the rectangle/door but the domain mesh was an arbitrary rectangular mesh that just encompassed the rectangle/door. Please find the following attachments to better help you. btw i noticed that the omega in my udf file is properly intended unlike the one shown in the video. could this be an issue?

udf_code_rect.jpg
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[bored_bot]

The reason this was happening is because of the inconsistent angle units, a mixup of degrees and radians (oh god I hate this, why didn't we just stick with one thing, imagine writing an entire engineering exam and realising your calculator was stuck on radians whilst they wanted degrees; anyways i digress)

Here is the only change:

#define angular_freq 2.0*Freq*M_PI/180

The rest of the code mentioned in the video is correct (thank god) I'm not sure why this wasn't corrected while they filmed it. Maybe it was correct back then since it was 5 years old to their aid.

Anyways, happy simulating!