[smarika]

I am simulating the air flow over a 3D wind turbine of radius 45m in a wind domain using a paraboilc velocity inlet profile with intial velocity 5m/s at 4m height and exponent is 0.4.

The inlet profile is written by the following code, which is interpreted into fluent without any errors.

the rotating domain with sliding mesh is at 103 meters from inlet


The size of the wind domain is 400(x) x 150(y) x 150(z). T
the y direction is the height.

when i initialize the solution using the following udf it gives me error in the x, y and z component.

What can i do to maintain the Velocity Profile along the wind domain? Plz Help

#include "udf.h"


DEFINE_PROFILE(inlet_x_velocity,thread,index)
{
real z[ND_ND];
real Y;
face_t f;
begin_f_loop(f,thread)
{
F_CENTROID(z,f,thread);
Y= z[2];
F_PROFILE(f,thread,index)=5*pow(Y/4,0.3);
}
end_f_loop(f,thread)
}

[pakk]

Originally Posted by smarika

when i initialize the solution using the following udf it gives me error in the x, y and z component.

Can you be more specific about this? What error is shown?

[smarika]

the errror is when i select the inlet for solution initialization. please see the attached pictures

[pakk]

I don't see an error. I only see the value "-1.#IND", is that what you are referring to?

These values are not errors. They might lead to errors later on. Why don't you just replace them by other values, for example all zeroes? It is only the initialisation after all...