Mass flow across a line - tube bundle

RESOLO · March 11, 2016, 09:05

I am trying to find the bulk velocity of fluid through a tube bundle. To do this I want to start by taking a creating a line probe perpendicular to the flow, then for each cell along this line taking the cell height x velocity through cell (then averaging across line later).

Can anyone help? Firstly to position the line probe in such a way that each point is in the cell centre, and then to plot the corresponding velocity across this line.

I have to do this for three different coarse meshes.

fluid23 · March 15, 2016, 14:14

First, unless you specify otherwise any probe point in a cell will return the cell centered value.

Second, I think there is probably an easier way to get this using derived parts and mass flow averaged velocity report.

March 11, 2016, 09:05	Mass flow across a line - tube bundle	#1
RESOLO New Member Res Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 10	I am trying to find the bulk velocity of fluid through a tube bundle. To do this I want to start by taking a creating a line probe perpendicular to the flow, then for each cell along this line taking the cell height x velocity through cell (then averaging across line later). Can anyone help? Firstly to position the line probe in such a way that each point is in the cell centre, and then to plot the corresponding velocity across this line. I have to do this for three different coarse meshes.

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March 15, 2016, 14:14		#2
fluid23 Senior Member Matt Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 947 Rep Power: 17	First, unless you specify otherwise any probe point in a cell will return the cell centered value. Second, I think there is probably an easier way to get this using derived parts and mass flow averaged velocity report.