Axial and radial thermal conductivity in ANSYS fluent

CFD10111 · September 9, 2022, 07:12

Hi,

I am trying to input the solid material properties in the Setup phase of ANSYS Fluent. Is there anyway to input the axial and radial thermal conductivities instead of the 'total'? (see attached image)

Thank you

LuckyTran · September 9, 2022, 13:30

Click the dropdown button which currently says constant and choose the anisotropic option. You can deal with inputting the tensor or you probably want the orthotropic approach and specify the two orthogonal vectors for radial and axial directions. There is even a cylindrical option if your case has been setup for cylindrical coordinates.

CFD10111 · September 20, 2022, 08:32

This worked! thank you

September 9, 2022, 13:30		#2
LuckyTran Senior Member Lucky Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Orlando, FL USA Posts: 5,672 Rep Power: 65	Click the dropdown button which currently says constant and choose the anisotropic option. You can deal with inputting the tensor or you probably want the orthotropic approach and specify the two orthogonal vectors for radial and axial directions. There is even a cylindrical option if your case has been setup for cylindrical coordinates. CFD10111 likes this.

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September 20, 2022, 08:32		#3
CFD10111 New Member Avon Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 3	This worked! thank you