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Old   November 2, 2012, 19:56
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I have 2-D centrifugal pump design (by gambit).......

I have a pressure distribution and velocity distribution how i can calculate a radial thrust force for the impeller and drawing the relation between radial thrust force and Q/Qo using fluent..

Pump Specification

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Pressure distribution

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Residual

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Velocity distribution

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Difference between Stepanoff and CFD

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Old   November 3, 2012, 02:34
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Please show us your mesh file?
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Old   November 3, 2012, 06:16
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Is it possible to clarify your question more???

Meshing pump using Gambit

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I want to see your mesh as I feel the contour plots are not right according to my experience in turbomachinery CFD. Also zoom the mesh so that I can clearly see the mesh in the critical areas
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Old   November 5, 2012, 05:22
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How to draw graph for H/H0 and Q/Q0.
Please guide to select values
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