[Thomas_h]

Hi all,



I am pretty new to CFD, I am using Autodesk CFD and I made my first steps using Autodesk's tutorials. I'm doing this CFD work for my master thesis.

Here is my problem :

I want to model a ducted tidal turbine, to see how the flow behaves for different positions of the turbine in the duct.

I have some power and thrust curves of a turbine.

Is the actuator disk method relevant to my problem or is there a more simple method to use ?

If the actuator disk is the proper method, how can I implement this into Autodesk CFD ? I can define some resistant/rotating region. Do I have to create a CAD model of a disk and assign it properties for resistant or rotating region ?



Thanks a lot,



Thomas