Large Scale Model

January 9, 2004, 01:06

Does Fluent have a limitation on size of the domain? I am currently modelling a tank with 30m long and 4 m depth but the inlet and inlet are just 0.1m.

I setup a 2D mesh about 200,000 cells in total. But it takes 2 days to reach convergence. I am just wondering is it possible to scale down the model with a factor of 10? And once it is scaled down, will the result be unreliable?

Thanks for reading

January 14, 2004, 18:02

HELLO how do not use non conformal meshes to eliminate numbers of cell? for example see this link http://gong.snu.ac.kr/down/on-line-d.../tg/node83.htm please reply me.

January 9, 2004, 01:06	Large Scale Model	#1
Douglas Lau Guest Posts: n/a	Does Fluent have a limitation on size of the domain? I am currently modelling a tank with 30m long and 4 m depth but the inlet and inlet are just 0.1m. I setup a 2D mesh about 200,000 cells in total. But it takes 2 days to reach convergence. I am just wondering is it possible to scale down the model with a factor of 10? And once it is scaled down, will the result be unreliable? Thanks for reading

January 14, 2004, 18:02	Re: Large Scale Model	#2
hadi Guest Posts: n/a	HELLO how do not use non conformal meshes to eliminate numbers of cell? for example see this link http://gong.snu.ac.kr/down/on-line-d.../tg/node83.htm please reply me.

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