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Sorabh September 4, 2018 10:00

How to assign material properties when they are varying with temperature
 
Hello,
I am trying to simulate the laser melting of a magnesium alloy. The properties of the alloy vary with temperature.

https://i.imgur.com/71qxe8x.jpg

How do I enter these values in the FLUENT solver when I create a new material?

Thanks.

Zigec September 4, 2018 13:27

Plot them in excel and put the trend line over it to get the coefficients, after that you should be able to do it this way:
http://jullio.pe.kr/fluent6.1/help/html/ug/node282.htm

Sorabh September 5, 2018 00:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zigec (Post 705306)
Plot them in excel and put the trend line over it to get the coefficients, after that you should be able to do it this way:
http://jullio.pe.kr/fluent6.1/help/html/ug/node282.htm

Hi! I made a plot on Excel:
https://i.imgur.com/0XhKy0Q.jpg

X-axis indicates temperature, while Y-axis indicates density. What should I do next?

rewol September 5, 2018 01:35

Using a curve-fit function, get the polynomial coefficients and insert them into material properties in FLUENT.

Regards.


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