[fivos]

Hi to everyone !

I am trying to simulate a moving grid using Fluent dynamic mesh. I have created a structured quad mesh and used layering as a dynamic meshing technique. The grid motion is set from the Dynamic mesh zones Create/Edit menu as User-defined and the UDF supplied is the following :

#include"udf.h"
DEFINE_GRID_MOTION(motion,domain,dt,time,dtime)
{
Thread *tf = DT_THREAD(dt);
face_t f;
Node *v;
real NV_VEC(axis);
real displ;
int n;

displ=-17.2*dtime; // grid displacement
NV_D(axis, =, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);


begin_f_loop(f,tf)
{
f_node_loop(f,tf,n)
{
v = F_NODE(f,tf,n);
/* update node if the current node has not been previously
visited when looping through previous faces */
if ( NODE_POS_NEED_UPDATE (v))
{
/* indicate that node position has been update
so that it's not updated more than once */
NODE_POS_UPDATED(v);
NV_V_VS(NODE_COORD(v), =, NODE_COORD(v), +, axis,*,displ);
}
}
}
end_f_loop(f,tf);
}

This simple UDF was based on the DEFINE_GRID_MOTION example in the fluent 12 UDF manual. What it actually does is that it displaces the mesh on the Y-axis (axis : 0, 1,0), by -17.2 * time_step (17.2 is the mesh velocity).

The UDF compiles and loads and the mesh moves and new elements are generated/merged at stationary zones.

But my problem is that when I calculate the mesh velocity, by simply finding its displacement between two times, the mesh velocity is substantially lower than the one set in the UDF (~10m/sec instead of 17.2m/sec) !

What I am missing here? Any ideas are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

[fivos]

I am posting myself because I found the cause of the problem. The problem was not the UDF at all, but the wrong time intervals for the extraction of the output data files.

[rafik10]

have you, sir , tutorials a bout this domain?
my boreblem is to similate fllaping NACA0012 in 2D of tow degree of 2 freedom.
I try to do it with moving gird mesh , but i cant do it .
please
email: bouakkaz10@yagoo.fr

[f.barikloo]

hello everyone.
does anyone know how to write define grid motion udf with cylindrical coordinates?
thanks in advance.

[Saman95]

hello dear

can u give me a tutorial about grid motion dynamic mesh?

if u have an address link please send me.

thanks

[Saman95]

Originally Posted by fivos

Hi to everyone !

I am trying to simulate a moving grid using Fluent dynamic mesh. I have created a structured quad mesh and used layering as a dynamic meshing technique. The grid motion is set from the Dynamic mesh zones Create/Edit menu as User-defined and the UDF supplied is the following :

#include"udf.h"
DEFINE_GRID_MOTION(motion,domain,dt,time,dtime)
{
Thread *tf = DT_THREAD(dt);
face_t f;
Node *v;
real NV_VEC(axis);
real displ;
int n;

displ=-17.2*dtime; // grid displacement
NV_D(axis, =, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);


begin_f_loop(f,tf)
{
f_node_loop(f,tf,n)
{
v = F_NODE(f,tf,n);
/* update node if the current node has not been previously
visited when looping through previous faces */
if ( NODE_POS_NEED_UPDATE (v))
{
/* indicate that node position has been update
so that it's not updated more than once */
NODE_POS_UPDATED(v);
NV_V_VS(NODE_COORD(v), =, NODE_COORD(v), +, axis,*,displ);
}
}
}
end_f_loop(f,tf);
}

This simple UDF was based on the DEFINE_GRID_MOTION example in the fluent 12 UDF manual. What it actually does is that it displaces the mesh on the Y-axis (axis : 0, 1,0), by -17.2 * time_step (17.2 is the mesh velocity).

The UDF compiles and loads and the mesh moves and new elements are generated/merged at stationary zones.

But my problem is that when I calculate the mesh velocity, by simply finding its displacement between two times, the mesh velocity is substantially lower than the one set in the UDF (~10m/sec instead of 17.2m/sec) !

What I am missing here? Any ideas are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

hello sir

Do you know the meaning of the bottom commands?

NODE_POS_UPDATED(v);

NODE_COORD(v)

NV_D(axis, =, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

please help me

thanks