Lesson 1 : Creating a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Project
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Objectives
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Case Study: Manifold Assembly
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Problem Description
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Stages in the Process
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Model Preparation
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Internal Flow Analysis
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External Flow Analysis
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Manifold Analysis
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Lids
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Lid Thickness
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Manual Lid Creation
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Adding a Lid to a Part File
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Adding a Lid to an Assembly File
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Checking the Geometry
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Internal Fluid Volume
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Invalid Contacts
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Project Wizard
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Reference Axis
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Exclude Cavities Without Flow Conditions
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Adiabatic Wall
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Roughness
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Computational Domain
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Post-processing
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Warning Messages
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Mesh
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Goal Plot Window
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Monitoring the Solver
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Load Results Option
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Summary
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Discussion
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Scaling the Limits of the Legend
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Changing Legend Settings
Lesson 2: Meshing
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Objectives
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Case Study: Chemistry Hood
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Project Description
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Computational Mesh
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Basic Mesh
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Exercise 3: Heat Sink
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Initial Mesh
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Exercise 2: Thin Walled Box
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Exercise 1: Square Ducting
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Summary
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Control Planes
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Manual Global Mesh Settings
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Result Resolution/Level of Initial Mesh
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Minimum wall thickness.
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Minimum gap Size
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Geometry Resolution
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Exercise 4: Meshing Valve Assembly Boundary Conditions
Lesson 3: Thermal Analysis
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Objectives
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Case Study: Electronics Enclosure
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Project Description
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Fans
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Summary
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Discussion
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Free Area Ratio
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Perforated Plates
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Fan Curves
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Exercise 5: Materials with Orthotropic Thermal Conductivity
Lesson 4: External Transient Analysis
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Objectives
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Case Study: Flow Around a Cylinder
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Problem Description
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Stages in the Process
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Reynolds Number
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External Flow
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Transient Analysis
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Turbulence Intensity
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Solution Adaptive Mesh Refinement
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Two Dimensional Flow
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Computational Domain
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Calculation Control Options
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Finishing
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Refinement
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Solving
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Saving
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Drag Equation
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Unsteady Vortex Shedding
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Exercise 6: Electronics Cooling
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Discussion
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Time Animation
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Summary
Lesson 5: Conjugate Heat Transfer
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Objectives
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Case Study: Heated Cold Plate
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Project Description
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Stages in the Process
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Summary
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Goals Plot in the Solver Window
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Real Gases
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Conjugate Heat Transfer
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Exercise 7: Heat Exchanger with Multiple Fluids
Lesson 6: EFD Zooming
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Objectives
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Case Study: Electronics Enclosure
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Project Description
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EFD Zooming
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EFD Zooming - Computational Domain
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Summary
Lesson 7: Porous Media
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Objectives
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Case Study: Catalytic Converter
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Problem Description
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Stages in the Process
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Porous Media
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Porosity
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Exercise 8: Channel Flow
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Discussion
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Design Modification
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Dummy Bodies
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Resistance
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Permeability Type
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Summary
Lesson 8: Rotating Reference Frames
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Objectives
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Rotating Reference Frame
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Part 1: Averaging
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Case Study: Table Fan
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Problem Description
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Stages in the Process
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Part 2: Sliding Mesh
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Case Study: Blower Fan
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Summary
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Time Step
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Tangential Faces of Rotors
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Problem Description