Tutorial

1: Simple Star CCM+ Example Pousellie Flow Fully developed viscous, laminar flow, in a long straight pipe. We will model this in 2D using STAR-CCM+ Version 5.02.009 1. Start Star-CCM+ by typing > starccm+ on the command line in the Unix Shell. Then start a new simulation by clicking on the new icon and pressing enter at the bottom of the dialog. 2. Create the Geometry. click on the switch next to the GEOMETRY item in the side bar to expand it, and then right click on 3D-CAD models and select NEW from the menu.

3. We will now create a block in the x-y plane measuring 100mm wide (x) and 10mm tall (y) and 10mm deep (z) with the bottom left corner at (0,0,0), we first construct a sketch, by selecting the correct plane (xy) and right clicking. This panel contains the tools for creating sketch entities, such as lines, circles and arcs, and allows you to control the settings for the grid displayed in the scene. Each sketch plane has local X and Y axes which are determined by the

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position and orientation of the plane in relation to the global coordinate system. 3.1 Align the sketch plane with the plane of the screen, by clicking on the L icon 3.2 click on the sketch and grid spacing button and change the grid spacing to 0.001m and click OK 3.3 Next maximise the view by clicking on the reset view icon in the tool bar. 3.4 Now choose the rectangle tool, and draw a rectangle in the middle of the screen. By right clicking on the lines, you can add the length constraints to them if these are exposed the dimensions of the box will be displayed. 3.5 Choose a corner point (bottom left) and set its position to (0,0) now hit OK 3.6 Click on Sketch 1 and the right click and select the extrude menu, extruding the block 0.01m. 3.7 Expand the Bodies list, and select Body 1 changing its name to Fluid 3.8 The final stage in preparing the model geometry is to specify the inlet and outlet faces of the model by setting face names. When the 3D-CAD model is imported into the simulation via geometry parts, faces that have been named will be defined as separate part surfaces. Therefore, when the geometry is assigned to a new region, these surfaces can easily become separate boundaries. Rotate the model so that the left end of the duct is visible. Right-click on the rectangular face and select Rename, calling it Inlet Now Rotate the model again so the right end of the duct is visible, renaming it Outlet 3.9 Close 3D CAD The 3D-CAD model is used in a simulation by first using it to create a new geometry part. Right-click on the Geometry > 3D-CAD Models > 3D-CAD Model 1 and select New Geometry Part The next stage is to assign the part to a new region. Right-click on the Parts > Fluid node and select Set Region > New... In the New Region from Parts Options dialog set the Boundary Mode to One boundary per part surface and click OK. Right-click on the Scenes node and select New Scene> Geometry. Expand the Regions > Fluid > Boundaries node and select each of the boundary nodes to check that they have been specified correctly. Generating a Mesh - A polyhedral mesh will be used to analyze the flow patterns in pipe. As the purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate the methodology for running a case using 3D-CAD, the prism layer mesher will not be used and the mesh generated will be relatively coarse. Open Continua. Here you will find the meshing and Physics options. 7.2 Right Click (RC) on Mesh1>Select Meshing Models 7.3 Select surface remesher and trimmer. This will create a rectangular grid.

7.4 Now open Mesh > Reference Values. Set 7.4.1 base size to 10mm (width of the inlet) 7.4.2 Maximum Cell Size to 10% 7.5 Now select Mesh>Volume Mesh from the MESH menu 7.6 RC Scenes>New Scene>Mesh will bring up another window in which you can examine the mesh. 7.7 Save the simulation as channel3D 8. Creating the 2d mesh and conditions Note that there is no going back at this stage. Thats why you saved the 3D example. 8.2 Click on Mesh>Convert to 2D 8.3 Use the mouse you will see that the object can no longer be rotated in 3D 9. Setting up the physics model and values Here we will choose the laminar flow simulation, the solver type and the fluid (water) in the pipe. 9.2 Open Continua and RC Physics1 2D>Select Models. 9.3 Select Liquid, Segregated, Steady State, Laminar, Constant density 9.4 Open the new Models list. Check that the fluid is water. 9.5 Set the initial velocity to [0.05,0.0,0.0] 9.6 Regions>Body 1 2D>Boundaries>Inlet, select a velocity inlet and then set the Value of the Velocity magnitude (in Constant) to 0.05m/s. 9.7 Regions>Body 1 2D>Boundaries>Inlet, select a pressure outlet. 9.8 Open the list Stopping Criteria and set the maximum number of iterations to 100. 9.9 Save as channel2D

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11. Visualise the flow, using scalar and vector scenes 11.2 is it right? 11.3 - is a finer grid needed ? 11.4 how does it compare to the analytical solution ?

For a more complicated example of setting up a geometry follow the Cyclone Separator Tutorial example from the 3D-CAD tutorials in the training guide.