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Old   February 25, 2009, 01:47
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Chetan
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Plese suggest me how to calculate drag coefficient of bluff body.
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Old   February 26, 2009, 16:45
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Glenn Horrocks
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Hi,
  1. <LI>Do accurate simulation.</LI> <LI>Use CFX-Post to get drag force on the body.</LI> <LI>Calculate drag coefficient using standard drag coefficient formula.</LI>

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Old   March 2, 2009, 22:56
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for calculation i need pressure at points... how to draw polyline on body and CEL for a problem kindly give me proper guidence as i am new to this topic.
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Old   March 3, 2009, 16:54
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Hi,

You can either set up monitor points which allow you to track the pressure as the simulation progresses or you can extract the pressures as post-processing in CFX-Post.

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