[Maicol]

Hi everybody,
I have to make an aerodynamic simulation, how can I build a control volume (such as a wind tunnel)after importing the geometry I have to simulate?
then, once I have made this system (body + wind tunnel) which is the best way to operate: give solid properties to body and fluid to control volume, or make a boolean operation to subtract body from control volume and give fluid properties to the resulting volume?
thank you!

[rwryne]

Originally Posted by Maicol

Hi everybody,
I have to make an aerodynamic simulation, how can I build a control volume (such as a wind tunnel)after importing the geometry I have to simulate?
then, once I have made this system (body + wind tunnel) which is the best way to operate: give solid properties to body and fluid to control volume, or make a boolean operation to subtract body from control volume and give fluid properties to the resulting volume?
thank you!

Import the geometry as a part, create a box part to the size you want, then do a boolean subtract with the box part as the "target part"

[Maicol]

very kind of you, many thanks

[Maicol]

I tried the way you suggested, I subtracted a sphere from a tunnel (in STAR DESIGN), it works correctly.
I tried onother way, too: import two separate bodies in STAR CCM, but i have a problem to asign properties to singular bodies (such as physical properties, mesh sizing etc..): when I am importing geometries, which is the best way to import: create a new region or a new part?
Have you ever made something similar?
I really thank everyone of you is interested in giving me an answer

[rwryne]

Originally Posted by Maicol

I tried the way you suggested, I subtracted a sphere from a tunnel (in STAR DESIGN), it works correctly.
I tried onother way, too: import two separate bodies in STAR CCM, but i have a problem to asign properties to singular bodies (such as physical properties, mesh sizing etc..): when I am importing geometries, which is the best way to import: create a new region or a new part?
Have you ever made something similar?
I really thank everyone of you is interested in giving me an answer

I prefer to import as a part. You then need to create an empty region with boundaries and assign the surfaces of the part to the region boundaries. Then do Mesh->Initialize Meshing, which transfers the geometric data from the Part level to the Region level.
It is a good habit to import as a part as I have heard that eventually CD-Adapco is going to do away with the import as region.

[Maicol]

Thank you Ryne!

[abdul099]

Originally Posted by rwryne

I prefer to import as a part. You then need to create an empty region with boundaries and assign the surfaces of the part to the region boundaries. Then do Mesh->Initialize Meshing, which transfers the geometric data from the Part level to the Region level.
It is a good habit to import as a part as I have heard that eventually CD-Adapco is going to do away with the import as region.

When you've imported a part, you can right-click on it and choose either "set region" (older versions) or "assign parts to regions" (newer versions). That helps much saving time as you don't have to create a region and boundaries by hand and assing surfaces to boundaries.

[Maicol]

Thanks for your suggestion Abdul...I tried this way too I have to define 2 mesh and 2 physic cases to define properties for 2 parts, isn't it?

[rwryne]

Originally Posted by abdul099

When you've imported a part, you can right-click on it and choose either "set region" (older versions) or "assign parts to regions" (newer versions). That helps much saving time as you don't have to create a region and boundaries by hand and assing surfaces to boundaries.

Yes, thank you for correcting me, this is how I typically do it. Much easier than doing it by hand.

[abdul099]

Originally Posted by Maicol

Thanks for your suggestion Abdul...I tried this way too I have to define 2 mesh and 2 physic cases to define properties for 2 parts, isn't it?

No. As long as they share the same physics, you need only one physics continuum. But you shouldn't have two ISOLATED parts, there should be some connection like interfaces between them.
And for the mesh continuum, you usually use only one as well as long as you don't want to give completely different values or models to different regions.

Will you have two regions? When doing so, is it necessary to have two regions?

[Maicol]

Originally Posted by abdul099

No. As long as they share the same physics, you need only one physics continuum. But you shouldn't have two ISOLATED parts, there should be some connection like interfaces between them.
And for the mesh continuum, you usually use only one as well as long as you don't want to give completely different values or models to different regions.

Will you have two regions? When doing so, is it necessary to have two regions?

in case of a air flow on a solid body i should have a physics continuum for solid part and a physics continuum to define gas properties..am i saying a right thing?

[rwryne]

Originally Posted by Maicol

in case of a air flow on a solid body i should have a physics continuum for solid part and a physics continuum to define gas properties..am i saying a right thing?

If you are only interseted in the air flow, then you do not need a continuum for the solid part. You will only need the 2nd continuum if you are intersted in something like the heat transfer through the solid.

[Maicol]

Originally Posted by rwryne

If you are only interseted in the air flow, then you do not need a continuum for the solid part. You will only need the 2nd continuum if you are intersted in something like the heat transfer through the solid.

Ok..however I have to mesh both the "solid" region and the fluid region, isn't it?

[rwryne]

Originally Posted by Maicol

Ok..however I have to mesh both the "solid" region and the fluid region, isn't it?

Think about it in terms of volume mesh, not surface mesh. You only need a volume mesh where your interests lie. If you are just interested in the aerodynamic solution, you only need a volume mesh in the flow field.

The volume mesh of the flow field will use the surface boundaries of the solid body.

[Maicol]

thank you Ryne, I will check the simulation using one volume mesh