Vortex Shedding: Exercise 1—Setting up the Model
Extracting the Fluid Domain
1. Click > and navigate to the folder with the downloaded parts. Click OK.
2. Click > 
Open.
Open.3. From the File Open dialog box, browse to the vortex_shedding folder and select vortex_ shedding.asm. Click Open.
4. Click 
in the Graphics toolbar to display the style elements. Select Shading, or 
Shading with Edges.
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.
Flow Analysis. The Flow Analysis tab opens.7. Click 
New Project. The New Project dialog box opens. Enter the name of the project and Click OK.
New Project. The New Project dialog box opens. Enter the name of the project and Click OK.8. Click 
Select Simulation Domains. The Domain Model Selection box opens.
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 VORTEX_SHEDDING.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 VORTEX_SHEDDING under Domains.
Adding Boundary Conditions
1. Under Domains, right-click and select VORTEX_SHEDDING.
2. In the graphics window, select the inlet surface shown below.
3. Click OK. Under General Boundaries, a new entity BC_00001 is added.
4. Under Domains, right-click and select VORTEX_SHEDDING.
5. In the graphics window, select the outlet shown below.
6. Click OK. Under General Boundaries, a new entity BC_00002 is added.
7. Under Domains, right-click and select VORTEX_SHEDDING.
8. In the graphics window, select the cylinder shown below.
9. Click OK. Under General Boundaries, a new entity BC_00003 is added.
10. Right-click and rename the following boundary conditions:
◦ BC_00001 as inlet
◦ BC_00002 as outlet
◦ BC_00003 as cylinder
11. Select the remaining faces by adding a Boundary Condition and rename as Symmetry.
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