How to display contour of different time step?

Mo Eissa · February 17, 2025, 16:46

Hi everyone

I did a transient simulation on vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and I need to get a pressure contour at a specific time step to see the pressure distribution at different azimuth angle, How can I achieve that? however I have a data and case file.

Any help will be much appreciated

Regards
Eissa

CFDKareem · February 17, 2025, 20:56

Have you already solved the simulation? If so, there is no way to get the intermediate data.

If you haven't ran the simulation yet, then you can set up an automatic export of the data at specified timesteps to analyze later. If you only need the contour you can set up an animation to export a picture of the contour at specified timesteps.

Sumaiya Snigdha · August 27, 2025, 20:07

Mo Eissa, have you used the fixed time step method or the Adaptive time step method? Can you please tell me?

February 17, 2025, 16:46	How to display contour of different time step?	#1
Mo Eissa New Member Mo Eissa Join Date: Dec 2024 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 3	Hi everyone I did a transient simulation on vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and I need to get a pressure contour at a specific time step to see the pressure distribution at different azimuth angle, How can I achieve that? however I have a data and case file. Any help will be much appreciated Regards Eissa

February 17, 2025, 20:56		#2
CFDKareem Senior Member Kareem Join Date: Nov 2022 Location: New York Posts: 157 Rep Power: 6	Have you already solved the simulation? If so, there is no way to get the intermediate data. If you haven't ran the simulation yet, then you can set up an automatic export of the data at specified timesteps to analyze later. If you only need the contour you can set up an animation to export a picture of the contour at specified timesteps. Mo Eissa likes this. __________________ Please like the answer if it helped! Video Tutorials and Tips: https://www.youtube.com/@cfdkareem/featured

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Sumaiya Snigdha New Member Mst Sumaiya Akter Snigdha Join Date: Aug 2025 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Mo Eissa, have you used the fixed time step method or the Adaptive time step method? Can you please tell me?