[albino09]

Hi everyone, after spending considerable time searching I still require help for a simulation I am attempting on Workbench CFX 14.5. I will walk through what I've done so far to provide any potential help with as much info as possible.

I am attempting to setup a simple heat conduction simulation through a small square sample of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). My first issue was attempting to create an anisotropic material to represent the CFRP. I had found through these forums a .ccl that is supposed to work:

LIBRARY:
&replace MATERIAL: CFRP
Material Group = User
Option = Pure Substance
Thermodynamic State = Solid
PROPERTIES:
Option = General Material
EQUATION OF STATE:
Density = 1800 [kg m^-3]
Molar Mass = 1 [kg kmol^-1]
Option = Value
END
REFERENCE STATE:
Option = Specified Point
Reference Specific Enthalpy = 0 [J kg^-1]
Reference Temperature = 25 [C]
END
SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY:
Option = Value
Specific Heat Capacity = 950 [J kg^-1 K^-1]
END
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY:
Option = Orthotropic Cartesian Components
Thermal Conductivity X Component = 6.3 [W m^-1 K^-1]
Thermal Conductivity Y Component = 0.6 [W m^-1 K^-1]
Thermal Conductivity Z Component = 0.6 [W m^-1 K^-1]
END
END
END
END

It displays an error that I was told could be suppressed because its only an issue with the GUI:

The parameter "Option" in "/LIBRARY/MATERIAL:CFRP1/PROPERTIES/THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY" has the value "Orthotropic Cartesian Components". This does not match any of the allowed values: "Value, Kinetic Theory Model".

So I suppressed it. Moving on to creating a domain, in which to assign a material to my small sample, I run into the issue I'm currently stuck on:

When I create a new domain, I select it's location and set it to a Solid Domain type. Then when I want to set the material, I may only choose from Aluminum, Steel or Copper in both the CHT Solids and Particulate Solids drop-down choices in the library [...] button.

I had read on here that you may append the solution details in Post and replace the material with the Orthotropic material, but I wouldn't know the first thing about doing that. I hope somebody can help me with this, I feel that this is the only major roadblock to my simulation.

[albino09]

Anybody?

[ghorrocks]

When I generate a new material I just copy an existing one and edit it to the new properties. Simple.

CFX-Pre does not have the full CCL for some advanced models - this may be one example. If the solver accepts this and runs OK then all is good.