[ICEM] Defining Zones

gaurav11 · February 9, 2014, 05:29

Hi, I am modelling a propeller blade in ICEM. I want to know that is it necessary to define fluid and solid zones in ICEM itself or I can do it in fluent? Can anyone suggest what is the importance of defining zones?

Thanks
Gaurav

diamondx · February 9, 2014, 17:11

You can't do it in Fluent it has to be done in ICEM then recognized in FLUENT

Far · February 9, 2014, 23:52

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Originally Posted by gaurav11

Hi, I am modelling a propeller blade in ICEM. I want to know that is it necessary to define fluid and solid zones in ICEM itself or I can do it in fluent? Can anyone suggest what is the importance of defining zones?

Thanks
Gaurav

You have to define the different zones in ICEM CFD. They may be fluid1 and fluid2, zonea and zoneb, solid1 and solid2 and continues... after importing mesh into the fluent you can change them to Fluid and Solid.

The idea is that you should have two different zones to work with in fluent...

gaurav11 · February 10, 2014, 01:58

Thanks for the reply. Actually I am getting very low value of thrust. I want to know that is this problem is caused by not defining the zones properly. In cell zone condition window in fluent ,I don't have a solid zone, But in boundary condition window I have defined PROPELLER BLADE as wall.

February 9, 2014, 05:29	Defining Zones	#1
gaurav11 New Member Gaurav Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: India Posts: 25 Rep Power: 12	Hi, I am modelling a propeller blade in ICEM. I want to know that is it necessary to define fluid and solid zones in ICEM itself or I can do it in fluent? Can anyone suggest what is the importance of defining zones? Thanks Gaurav

February 9, 2014, 17:11		#2
diamondx Super Moderator Ghazlani M. Ali Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,385 Blog Entries: 23 Rep Power: 28	You can't do it in Fluent it has to be done in ICEM then recognized in FLUENT __________________ Regards, New to ICEM CFD, try this document --> https://goo.gl/KAOIwm Ali

February 10, 2014, 01:58	Defining Zones	#4
gaurav11 New Member Gaurav Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: India Posts: 25 Rep Power: 12	Thanks for the reply. Actually I am getting very low value of thrust. I want to know that is this problem is caused by not defining the zones properly. In cell zone condition window in fluent ,I don't have a solid zone, But in boundary condition window I have defined PROPELLER BLADE as wall.

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