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Laminar Pipe Flow - Geometry
Laminar Pipe Flow - Geometry

Added by Steve Weidner - last edited by Chiyu Jiang on Aug 21, 2014 16:44
Authors: Rajesh Bhaskaran and John Singleton, Cornell University

Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Exercises
Comments
Geometry
For users of ANSYS 15.0, please check this link for procedures for turning on the Auto
Constraint feature before creating sketches in DesignModeler.
Fluid Flow(FLUENT) Project Selection

On the left hand side of the workbench window, you will see a toolbox full of various
analysis systems. To the right, you see an empty work space. This is the place where you
will organize your project. At the bottom of the window, you see messages from ANSYS.
Left click (and hold) on Flu id
the P roject
S ch em atic
Flow ( FL U ENT)
, and drag the icon into the empty space in
. Your ANSYS window should now look comparable to the image
below.
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/Laminar+Pipe+Flow+-+Geometry
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Since we selected Fluid Flow(FLUENT), each cell of the system corresponds to a step in the
process of performing CFD analysis using FLUENT. Rename the project to Laminar Pipe.
We will work through each step from top down to obtain the solution to our problem.
Analysis Type
In the P roject
P roperties
S ch em atic
of the Workbench window, right click on G eom etry and select
, as shown below.
The properties menu will then appear to the right of the Workbench window. Under Adv an ce
G eom etry Option s
, change the An alysis
Type
to 2D as shown in the image below.
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Launch Design Modeler

In the P roject
S ch em atic
, double click on G eom etry to start preparing the geometry.
At this point, a new window, ANSYS Design Modeler will be opened. You will be asked to
select desired length unit. Use the default meter unit and click OK .
Creating a Sketch
Start by creating a sketch on the XYP lan e . Under Tree
click on S ketch in g right before Details
View
Ou tlin e
, select XYP lan e , then
. This will bring up the S ketch in g
Toolboxes
Click Here for Select Sketching Toolboxes Demo

Click on the +Z axis on the bottom right corner of the G raph ics window to have a normal
look of the XY Plane.
Click Here for Select Normal View Demo
In the Sketching toolboxes, select Rectan gle . In the G raph ics window, create a rough
Rectangle by clicking once on the origin and then by clicking once somewhere in the
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positive XY plane. (Make sure that you see a letter P at the origin before you click. The P
implies that the cursor is directly over a point of intersection.) At this point you should have
something comparable to the image below.
Dimensions
At this point the rectangle will be properly dimensioned.
Under S ketch in g
Toolboxes
, select Dim en sion s tab, use the default dimensioning tools.
Dimension the geometry as shown in the following image.
Click Here for Higher Resolution

Under the Details
View
table (located in the lower left corner), set V1=0.1m and set
H2=8m, as shown in the image below.
Click Here for Higher Resolution

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Surface Body Creation

In order to create the surface body, first ( C lick
) C on cept > S u rface From S ketch es
as
shown in the image below.
This will create a new surface S u rfaceS K1 . Under Details

Base Objects
View
, select
S ketch 1
as the
by selecting one of the lines of the sketch and by clicking apply. Then select
the thickness to be 0.1m and click G en erate to generate the surface.
Saving
At this point, you can close the Design
Modeler
and go back to W orkben ch
Save the project by clicking on the "Save As.." button,

top of the W orkben ch
P roject P age
P roject P age
, which is located on the
. Save the project as "LaminarPipeFlow" in your
working directory. When you save in ANSYS a file and a folder will be created. For instance
if you save as "LaminarPipeFlow", a "LaminarPipeFlow" file and a folder called
"LaminarPipeFlow_files" will appear. In order to reopen the ANSYS files in the future you
will need both the ".wbpj" file and the folder. If you do not have BOTH, you will not be able to
access your project.
Go to Step 3: Mesh
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