Cavitation over an Orifice: Exercise 1—Setting up the Model
Extracting the Fluid Domain
1. Click Home > Select Working Directory and navigate to the folder with the downloaded parts. Click OK.
2. Click
File >
Open.
3. From the File Open dialog box, browse to the orifice_cavitation folder and select cavitation_orifice.asm. Click Open.
4. Click
in the Graphics toolbar to display the style elements. Select
Shading, or
Shading with Edges.
5. Click the Applications tab.
6. Click
Flow Analysis. The
Flow Analysis tab opens.
7. Click
New Project. If the Residual plot opens, close it.
8. Click
Select Simulation Domains. The
Domain Model Selection box opens.
9. In the Domain Model Selection box, select Add fluid domain.
10. In the Model Tree select ORIFICE_CAVITATION.PRT.
11. Middle-click to confirm. The fluid domain appears in the Domain Model Selection dialog box under Fluid Components.
12. Click OK. The fluid domain appears in the Flow Analysis Tree, as ORIFICE_CAVITATION under Domains.
Adding Boundary Conditions
1. Under Domains, right-click and select ORIFICE_CAVITATION.
2. In the graphics window, select the inner surface highlighted in red below.
3. Click OK. Under General Boundaries, a new entity BC_1 is added. Rename the boundary as inlet.
4. In the graphics window, select the inner surface highlighted in blue below.
5. Click OK. Under General Boundaries, a new entity BC_2 is added. Rename the boundary as outlet.