Analysis for fluid dynamics
Abstract
Various fluids such as air and liquid are used as an operating fluid in a blower, a compressor and a pump. The shape of flow channel often determines the efficiency of these machines. In this chapter, the flow structures in a diffuser and the channel with a butterfly valve are examined by using FLUENT, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) programme of Workbench. In this chapter, two calculation examples are presented: the flow in a diffuser and the channel flow with a butterfly valve. In addition, the drawing software DesignModeler is used to draw a geometry for analysis in this chapter.
Keywords
Computational fluid dynamics; FLUENT; Workbench; Diffuser; Butterfly valve
5.1 Introduction to FLUENT ...
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