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Import Shape
Mesh
Basic Settings
Physical Property
Initial Condition
Flow Boundary Condition
Rotating Regions
Porous Regions
Particle Settings
Calculation Settings
Output
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Type	Cuboid

Parameters

Minimum coordinate	m
Maximum coordinate	m
Number of Faces
Circumradius	m
Center of top	m
Center of bottom	m

Target
Type	Scale

Parameters

Scaling factor	0.001 : mm ⇨ m

Scaling center	Origin
	m
Displacement	m
Rotation angle	°
Axis direction	X axis

Axis position	Centroid
	m

Imported file size

Mesh

Volume mesh settings

Target number of base meshes
Number of base meshes
Maximum number of meshes
Minimum coordinate	m
Maximum coordinate	m
Computational domain	m

Refinement settings Number of meshes between levels

Range type	Cuboid
Minimum coordinate	m
Maximum coordinate	m
Center	m
Radius	m
Radius	m
Center of top	m
Center of bottom	m
Region
Assembly
Refinement level

Refinement condition

Feature line

Feature angle	°
Refinement level

Layer mesh settings

Layer thickness ratio

Region
Number of layers

Layer number condition

Basic Settings

Steady Transient

End time	sec

Time interval

Auto-setting by Courant number

Time interval	sec
Maximum Courant number

Analysis type

Turbulent Heat Rotating regions Multiphase Porous regions Particle

Turbulent model
Gravity acceleration	m/s²
Reference pressure	Pa

Boussinesq approximation

Physical Property

Basic physical property settings

Property name
Type

Physical property parameters

Densityg/cm³

Kinetic viscosity	m²/s

Kinetic viscosity $\nu=k\dot{\gamma}^{n-1} \quad \nu_\min \leq \nu \leq \nu_\max$

ν_Max	m²/s
ν_Min	m²/s
k	m²/s
n

Kinetic viscosity $\nu=\nu_\infty+\frac{\nu_0-\nu_\infty}{1+(m\dot{\gamma})^n}$

ν₀	m²/s
ν_∞	m²/s
m	s
n

Physical property parameters

Viscosity	Pa・s
Molar mass	g/mol
Specific heat	J/(kg・K)
Prandtl number

Equation of State $\rho={1\over RT} p + \rho_0$

R	J/(kg・K)
ρ₀	kg/m³

Boussinesq approximation $\rho=\rho_0[1-(T-T_0)]$

ρ₀	kg/m³
β	1/K
T₀	K

Additional physical property settings

Property name
Type

Physical property parameters

Densityg/cm³

Kinetic viscosity	m²/s

Kinetic viscosity $\nu=k\dot{\gamma}^{n-1} \quad \nu_\min \leq \nu \leq \nu_\max$

ν_Max	m²/s
ν_Min	m²/s
k	m²/s
n

Kinetic viscosity $\nu=\nu_\infty+\frac{\nu_0-\nu_\infty}{1+(m\dot{\gamma})^n}$

ν₀	m²/s
ν_∞	m²/s
m	s
n

Physical properties

Surface tensions

Initial Condition

Physical quantity
Value	Pa K m²/s² m²/s³ m²/s kg/(m・s)
Value	m/s
Property name
Range type	Cuboid
Minimum coordinate	m
Maximum coordinate	m
Center	m
Radius	m
Radius	m
Center of top	m
Center of bottom	m

Initial conditions

* If no condition is set to, a default value will be used.

Flow Boundary Condition

Region
Type

Flow boundary parameters

Flow velocity	m/s
Inflow temperature	K
Inflow fluid

Mass flow rate	kg/s
Inflow temperature	K
Inflow fluid

Volume flow rate	m³/s
Inflow temperature	K
Inflow fluid

Normal dirction velocity	m/s
Inflow temperature	K
Inflow fluid

Static pressure	Pa
Inflow fluid

Total pressure	Pa
Inflow fluid

None

Inflow temperatureK

Inflow fluid

None

Heat condition type

TemperatureK

Heat flux	W/m²
Initial temperature	K

Heat source	W
Initial temperature	K

Heat transfer coefficient	W/(m²・K)
Initial temperature	K
External temperature	K

None

Heat condition type

TemperatureK

Heat flux	W/m²
Initial temperature	K

Heat source	W
Initial temperature	K

Heat transfer coefficient	W/(m²・K)
Initial temperature	K
External temperature	K

Moving velocitym/s

Heat condition type

TemperatureK

Heat flux	W/m²
Initial temperature	K

Heat source	W
Initial temperature	K

Heat transfer coefficient	W/(m²・K)
Initial temperature	K
External temperature	K

Axis origin	m
Axis direction
Rotational velocity	°/s

Heat condition type

TemperatureK

Heat flux	W/m²
Initial temperature	K

Heat source	W
Initial temperature	K

Heat transfer coefficient	W/(m²・K)
Initial temperature	K
External temperature	K

None

Target region

Boundary conditions

* If no condition is set to a region, the region will be a slip wall.

* If no condition is set to a region, the region will be a adiabatic slip wall.

Rotating Regions

Rotating type
Region type	Sphere

Rotating parameters

Center	m
Radius	m
Rotational axis	m
Radius	m
Center of top	m
Center of bottom	m
Rotational velocity	°/s

Rotating region conditions

Porous Regions

Porous type	Darcy-Forchheimer law
Region type	Cuboid

Porous parameters

Pressure gradient $S = - (\mu d + \frac{\rho |U|}{2} f) U$ $S = - \rho C_0 |U|^{(C_1 - 1)} U$ $S = - \rho_{ref} (\alpha + \beta |U|) U$

d	1/m²
f	1/m
C₀	1/m
C₁
ρ_ref	g/cm³
α	1/s
β	1/m
Minimum coordinate	m
Maximum coordinate	m
Center	m
Radius	m
Radius	m
Center of top	m
Center of bottom	m
Assembly

Porous region conditions

Particle Settings

Particle density	g/cm³

Particle boundary conditions

Region
Type

Particle boundary parameters

Start at	s
Duration	s
Parcels per second	1/s
Particle diameter	mm
Initial velocity	m/s

None

Particle velocity before and after collision

Normal restitution coefficient C_⊥
Tangential restitution coefficient C_∥

Boundary conditions

* If no condition is set to a region, the region will be a perfectly elastic wall.

Calculation Settings

Parallel number
Numerical schemes	Normal
Matrix solvers	Stability

Show monitoring window, if possible

Relaxation Factors
Steady state convergence criteria

* The smaller value means more stable, the larger value means more speedy.

Output

Type
Interval
Format
Precision

General
Region
Sampling
Tracer
Extra file format

Residuals y+ Courant number Vorticity 2nd invariant of velocity gradient tensor

Minimum/Maximum values

Region
Type
Physical quantity
Drag direction
Lift direction
Reference velocity	m/s
Reference length	m
Reference area	m²

Output conditions

Physical quantity
Location	m

Output conditions

Inlet region
Type

Output conditions

Fluent Ensight GMV Tecplot Legacy VTK

Export

FormatOpenFOAM 11