Variable Density Function
Hi all,
I'm having trouble using the variable density function in FLUENT. I'm doing a simple differentially heated natural convection cavity (2D) and I'm defining density as a function of temperature. When I perform the simulation with air as the working fluid the density does not calculate correctly. During post processing I plot the data for temperature and density and when I perform hand calculations for density (based on the temperature given) I get a different density than what FLUENT calculates. Does FLUENT use any other factors when calculating the density of a fluid? Am I doing something incorrectly? The density function I use is given below. rho = (0.000013491 x (T^2)) - (0.0046555 x T) + 1.12881 Thanks, Ryan |
You may have already figured this problem out as it has been a few months since your post but I'll have a go at it:
Make sure that you're entering the polynomial into FLUENT correctly. The boxes are for the coefficients increasing from 0. So, the first box is for the coefficient of T^0, the second for T^1, etc. |
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