[fabolous]

hello,
try my first udf. i need a linear profile along a tube in a heatexchanger for the teperature of the wall. the functione is:

T(z) = T(0) - 20 * z / 618
T(z) = Walltemperature subject to the control variable z
T(0) = Walltemperature at the beginning (here 343.15K)
z = control variable
618 mm = Tube legth

I wrote this function for the problem:

#include "udf.h"

DEFINE_PROFILE(temperature_profile,t,i)
{
real x[ND_ND];
real z;
face_t f;

begin_f_loop(f,t)
{
F_CENTROID(x,f,t);
z = x[3];
F_PROFILE(f,t,i) = 343.15 - 20*z/618;
}
end_f_loop(f,t)

My question is, will it work? I try to test it, but could not find out if it works.
Is the main function DEFINE_PROFILE the right choise for this problem?

thx for your help

[jack1980]

Hi, this is almost correct. However, I think you should follow the definition where:

x = x[0]
y = x[1]
z = x[2] (which is the one you want)

I think x[3] is undefined.

Hope this helps!

[fabolous]

try to do what you told:
#include "udf.h"

DEFINE_PROFILE(temperature_profile,t,i)
{
real x[ND_ND];
real z;
face_t f;

begin_f_loop(f,t)
{
F_CENTROID(x,f,t);
x = x[0];
y = x[1];
z = x[2];
F_PROFILE(f,t,i) = 343.15 - 20*z/618;
}
end_f_loop(f,t)
}

but i get this error:
temperature_profile.c:incompatible types in allocation
temperature_profile.c:12: Error: >>y<< is not declared......
if i declare y like that:
real x[ND_ND];
real y;
real z;
i get the same error:
temperature_profile.c: Error: incompatible types in allocation.

what now?

[fabolous]

by the way why fluent tell allways:
warning: File`udf_names.c` has modification time 0,13s in teh future....???
and
Warning: no newline at the end of data file...????

[jack1980]

Sorry for confusing, I meant to say: in you original udf replace the line

z = x[3];

with the line

z = x[2];

I think that should work. So:

DEFINE_PROFILE(temperature_profile,t,i)
{
real x[ND_ND];
real z;
face_t f;

begin_f_loop(f,t)
{
F_CENTROID(x,f,t);
z = x[2];
F_PROFILE(f,t,i) = 343.15 - 20*z/618;
}
end_f_loop(f,t)
}

Good luck!

[fabolous]

the solution is not really what i expected:

if i let me show the contours(Temperature) of the tube after the itaration, i expect a profile like i wrote it in my function. But i see:
at the begin a temperature gradient from 301K to 343K for a short distance, after it the temperature is constant and at the end the same gradient but mirrored.
I got two flows on both sides of the tube, and both entered the exchanger with the temperature value of 283.K

[fabolous]

thx for your help jack1980

[jack1980]

Sorry I don't know how to improve this. Hope you can find a way ...

Good luck

[fabolous]

i think i got it...have to change the function:
F_PROFILE(f,t,i) = 343.15 - 20.0*z/0.618

sounds silly, just because of the dot but it works

thx

[jack1980]

Ah yes that is it. Great that you found it!

[stage81]

I want to know how to use the mesh in version 6 of fluent, because in the UDF version 4 we call the lattice L = I + NI ((J-1) + NJ (K-1)). . For example in version 4 if I want to inject a source term in the mesh 10 20 mesh and I do:
IF (L.EQ.10) THEN
ATERMES = 150
ELSE
FI (L.EQ.20) THEN
ATERMES = 250

ENDIF

but on version 6 I do not know how to do that??

Thanks for you