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January 7, 2016, 15:02		#2
`e` Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 892 Rep Power: 18	You can define nodal positions as a function of time using the DEFINE_GRID_MOTION macro within the Moving/Deforming Mesh model. I don't think profiles would work because they don't alter the flow field (only the boundaries). It'd be similar to changing the wind direction rather than moving the turbine blades.

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