Mass flow of each cell
 

Hello,

In version 12.02, how can we calculate the mass flow of each cell? I am interested in creating a field function which involves mass flow rate of each cell multiplied by velocity and its distance from the coordinate system, like this Mi*(Velocity, i x distance, i). Then I would like Sum these values over a section plane?
I also tried XYZ table with function as Mass flow rate or Mass flux, but it's giving me a double variable value(1.7976931348623157E+308) for all of the cells and that's wrong. Does anyone know why am I getting double variable as an answer? or what is the method to find the mass flow rate of individual cells?




Thank you in advance.

I'm not sure what the mass flow rate of a cell means. Cells are volumes, their mass flow is zero if the simulation is converged.

Hi,
Thank you for replying- I am trying to calculate the angular momentum inside a cylinder at a specific plane selection. Angular momentum Iw=mvr, therefore w= mvr/mr^2, here the m would represent the mass flow the cell i, v would be tangent velocity and r would be a distance of the cell. This I found in one of the SAE papers, and therefore I was trying to figure out the mass flow of the cell. So is this not possible?

Hi,
Well, you could for example include a cell zone in the cylinder of width = W with nCells = N in the axial direction inside that cell zone. The following should then give you the cross-sectional area and mass flow through the cell, respectively.
You will have to define that orientationVector, width and nCells for the cell zone.
There is hopefully an easier way to do what you want here, but I just thought I might as well share my thoughts here... Someone else might be able to improve on it.