I've seen release notes saying UDF's can be used for specific heat. I compiled and loaded a DEFINE_PROPERTY UDF in 12.0.7, but when I select "user defined" for specific heat, a dialog pops up saying no UDFs have been loaded. What gives? Is this not fully functional yet or am I doing something wrong? Thanks!

your UDF was not either loaded or you forgot to put return Cp; to your UDF

Thanks for responding. Any other possibilities? I've done both.

To check my UDF, I wanted know if a DEFINE_PROPERTY had been loaded. So, I selected user-defined for the density and my UDF is there. However, doing the same with Cp gives a pop-up saying "No user-defined functions have been loaded". So, my thinking is that the Cp UDF functionality has not been completed as of version 12.0.7.

The udf.h file contains the define. Here it is:

#define DEFINE_SPECIFIC_HEAT(name, T, Tref, h, yi) real name(real T, real Tref, real *h, real *yi)

So, write a UDF so as the one below...

#include "udf.h"

/* UDF that computes Cp for diatomic oxygen, O_2 */

DEFINE_SPECIFIC_HEAT(cell_cp_o2, T, Tref, h, yi) {

real Cp;

/*

define your version of Cp here...

*/

return Cp; }

define the enthalpy for the specie (real *h) as the integral from Tref to T of the defined/returned Cp. The mass fractions, (real *yi) are given in the specie order as defined for the material.

! If the enthalpy is not defined, calculations requiring the energy equation will not work.

[ashrawage]

Originally Posted by agg
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define the enthalpy for the specie (real *h) as the integral from Tref to T of the defined/returned Cp. The mass fractions, (real *yi) are given in the specie order as defined for the material.

! If the enthalpy is not defined, calculations requiring the energy equation will not work.

Hi
I have been trying to to what you said for a while but I seem to be having a problem with the way FLuent is calculating enthalpy. The integration i have done is correct for the polynomial for Cp (T) but Fluent is pulling a Tref value which causes my h to go negative.
Can you give me any advice regarding this?
Thanks

[iriswang]

Originally Posted by agg
;156886

define the enthalpy for the specie (real *h) as the integral from Tref to T of the defined/returned Cp. The mass fractions, (real *yi) are given in the specie order as defined for the material.

! If the enthalpy is not defined, calculations requiring the energy equation will not work.

can you tell me the detail function of the T, Tref, h, yi?????

[iriswang]

Originally Posted by ashrawage

Hi
I have been trying to to what you said for a while but I seem to be having a problem with the way FLuent is calculating enthalpy. The integration i have done is correct for the polynomial for Cp (T) but Fluent is pulling a Tref value which causes my h to go negative.
Can you give me any advice regarding this?
Thanks

would you introduce the function of (T, Tref, h, yi) minutely?? especialy the h, yi.
and i also want to know how to get the "T",because there is not any position parameter among (T, Tref, h, yi).....very thanks