Mixing Tank: Exercise 1—Extracting the Fluid Domain
Fluid domain extraction is the creation of a closed geometric region that surrounds the fluid.
1. Click Home > Select Working Directory and navigate to the Advanced_FlowAnalysisModels folder. Click OK.
2. Click
File >
Open.
3. From the File Open dialog box, browse to the Mixing_Tank folder and select mixing_tank.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
Create Fluid Domain. The
Fluid Domain Creation tab opens.
9. Click the Seed surfaces tab.
10. Click the Faces box. The Surface Sets dialog box opens.
11. Right-click to select the interior surface shown below as the seed surface on the display panel. The surface appears in the Surface Sets dialog box, under Included surfaces.
12. Click OK. MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID.prt appears in the Model Tree.
Splitting the Simulation Domain
1. Select MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID.prt in the Model Tree.
2. Click Split Domain. The Split Tool tab opens.
3. Set Split type to Cylinder.
4. Set Axis to Z.
5. Set Center point to 0,0,0.
6. Set Radius to 0.38.
7. Click
to create the cylindrical split.
8. For
Enter a Split Part Name, retain the default 1 and click
. Retain the default 2 and click
.
MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID_1.prt and
MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID_2.prt appear in the Model Tree.
9. Right-click
MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID_1.prt and select
Rename.
10. In the New name box, type FLUID_ROTOR.prt.
11. Right-click
MIXING_TANK_1_FLUID_2.prt and select
Rename.
12. In the New name box, type FLUID_STATOR.prt and click OK.
