I need to calculate the time average value of a User Defined Scalar in my simulation.

Is there a macro which does this?

Hi and thanks

ap

FLUENT has this option "Data sampling for Time statistics" when you do an unsteady calculation in the iterate panel that might help. I havent used it before. -Ajay

Thank you. But that option just enable statistics for a small set of variables, and not for a UDS.

Hi

ap

hello, The Data sampling for Time statistics should not be very difficult to compute via UDF. Just need 2 variables: - A: one to store your UDS value at each time step. - B: a second one to store the number of time step (= to the number of UDS values store in the first variable). - your time average is A/B

That can be done using a DEFINE_EXECUTE_AT_END (with an UDMI inside) and the command C -> '=+' for each variable. Post-treating the UDMI will give you your UDS time average.

Hope this help, Thomas

Thank you Thomas.

I thought to that method, but I have to use a really small time step (0.0001 s) to simulate a long time (1 to 2 minutes), so, if I sum all values I think I'll obtain an overflow. Any idea?

Hi

ap

Maybe do your averaging every 10 time step or so.