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    Car Tutorial (External Aerodynamics) - SimFlow CFD Software

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    The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for setting up and running a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of external aerodynamics on a car geometry using SimFlow software. The tutorial covers importing geometry, meshing, setting up the solver, defining boundary conditions, running the simulation, and visualizing results. Key steps include refining the mesh near the car, applying velocity boundary conditions to represent the car moving at 20 m/s, using the k-ω SST turbulence model, and monitoring aerodynamic forces on the car body in ParaView.

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    Car Tutorial (External Aerodynamics) - SimFlow CFD Software

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    The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for setting up and running a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of external aerodynamics on a car geometry using SimFlow software. The tutorial covers importing geometry, meshing, setting up the solver, defining boundary conditions, running the simulation, and visualizing results. Key steps include refining the mesh near the car, applying velocity boundary conditions to represent the car moving at 20 m/s, using the k-ω SST turbulence model, and monitoring aerodynamic forces on the car body in ParaView.

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    The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for setting up and running a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of external aerodynamics on a car geometry using SimFlow software. The tutorial covers importing geometry, meshing, setting up the solver, defining boundary conditions, running the simulation, and visualizing results. Key steps include refining the mesh near the car, applying velocity boundary conditions to represent the car moving at 20 m/s, using the k-ω SST turbulence model, and monitoring aerodynamic forces on the car body in ParaView.

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    Car Tutorial (External Aerodynamics) - SimFlow CFD Software

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    The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for setting up and running a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of external aerodynamics on a car geometry using SimFlow software. The tutorial covers importing geometry, meshing, setting up the solver, defining boundary conditions, running the simulation, and visualizing results. Key steps include refining the mesh near the car, applying velocity boundary conditions to represent the car moving at 20 m/s, using the k-ω SST turbulence model, and monitoring aerodynamic forces on the car body in ParaView.

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    Car (External Aerodynamics)

    1. Create Case

    After opening SimFlow, we will create a new case named car

    1. Go to New panel
    2. Provide name car
    3. Click Create Case

    2. Import Geometry

    Firstly we need to Download Geometry: car_body.stl


    1. Click Import Geometry
    2. Select geometry file car_body.stl
    3. Click Open

    3. Geometry - Car Body

    After importing geometry, it will appear in the 3D window

    1. Click Fit View to zoom in on the geometry


    4. Meshing Properties - Car Body

    After geometry is loaded, we can proceed to define meshing properties. To better


    resolve the flow around the car body, we want to refine mesh near the car
    geometry by specifying minimum and maximum refinement levels.

    1. Go to Hex Meshing panel


    2. Select car_body geometry
    3. Enable Meshing
    4. Set Refinement Min 3 Max 5
    5. Base Mesh

    Base Mesh is a domain mesh of our simulation from which the final mesh will be
    created by carving out the geometry of the car.

    1. Go to Base tab
    2. Define base mesh parameters accordingly
    Min [m] -6 0 0

    Max [m] 14 6 8

    3. Set the division of the base mesh


    Division 50 15 20

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    6. Base Mesh Boundaries

    We need to assign individual names to each side of the base mesh in order to be
    later able to define different conditions on each side.

    1. Define boundary names accordingly

    X- inlet

    X+ outlet

    Y- bottom

    Y+ top

    Z- symmetry

    Z+ right

    2, 3. Define boundary types accordingly

    Y- wall

    Z- symmetry

    7. Material Point

    Material Point tells the meshing algorithm on which side of the geometry the mesh
    is to be retained. We are modeling car aerodynamics so our material point needs to
    be located inside the Base Mesh but outside the car body.

    1. Go to Point tab
    2. Specify location inside base mesh but outside car geometry
    Material Point 0 3 2

    8. Meshing

    Everything is now set up for meshing

    1. Go to Mesh tab
    2. Press Mesh button to start meshing process

    9. Mesh

    After meshing is finished, the new mesh will be displayed in the graphics window.
    To show the mesh of the car body we can use the Graphics Object List.
    1. Click Graphics Object List icon
    2. Select Mesh to show meshes list

    10. Mesh - Toggle Visibility

    You can hide domain boundaries to inspect the mesh on the car body.

    1, 2. Hide the following objects

    bottom inlet outlet right symmetry top


    11. Select Solver - simpleFoam

    We want to analyze incompressible turbulent flow around the car body. For this
    purpose, we will use the SIMPLE (simpleFoam) solver.

    1. Go to Setup panel
    2. Enable Steady State filter
    3. Enable Incompressible filter
    4. Select SIMPLE (simpleFoam) solver
    5. Select solver
    12. Turbulence

    We are going to use the standard k-ω SST model to handle turbulence. This model
    gives very good agreement with experimental data and is commonly used for
    aerodynamics applications.

    1. Go to Turbulence panel
    2. Select RANS modeling
    3. Select k-ω SST model
    13. Boundary Conditions – Bottom (Flow)

    We are simulating a car moving on a road. In this reference frame, the road has to
    move with respect to the car. We can achieve this by applying fixed velocity
    boundary condition on the bottom of the domain.

    1. Go to Boundary Conditions panel


    2. Select bottom boundary
    3, 4. Set velocity
    Type Fixed Value

    Value [m/s] 20 0 0
    14. Boundary Conditions – Inlet (Flow)

    On the inlet, we are going to apply constant velocity, similarly to the bottom .

    1. Select inlet boundary


    2. Change boundary condition to Velocity Inlet
    3. Define inlet velocity Reference Value [m/s] 20
    15. Boundary Conditions – Inlet (Turbulence)

    We are simulating a car moving in otherwise stationary air. Therefore, we specify


    low turbulence intensity on the inlet.

    1. Go to Turbulence boundary conditions tab


    2, 3. Set the following parameters accordingly

    k Intensity [-] 5e-03

    ω Mixing Length [m] 1e-03


    16. Boundary Conditions - Right (Flow)

    On the right and top boundary, we are going to force velocity to be tangent to the
    boundary.

    1. Select right boundary condition


    2. Go to Flow tab
    3. Select Zero Gradient type
    4. Select Slip type
    17. Boundary Conditions - Right (Turbulence)

    1. Go to Turbulence tab
    2. Change turbulent kinetic energy Type to Zero Gradient
    3. Change turbulent frequency Type to Zero Gradient
    18. Boundary Conditions - Top (Flow)

    We need to repeat the same steps to the top boundary condition

    1. Select top boundary condition


    2. Go to Flow tab
    3. Select Zero Gradient type
    4. Select Slip type
    19. Boundary Conditions - Top (Turbulence)

    1. Go to Turbulence tab
    2. Change turbulent kinetic energy Type to Zero Gradient
    3. Change turbulent frequency Type to Zero Gradient
    20. Monitors - Forces

    We want to monitor the simulation process by observing plots of the aerodynamic


    forces on the car

    1. Go to Monitors panel
    2. Go to Forces tab
    3. For Monitored Boundaries select car_body
    21. Run Simulation

    1. Go to Run panel
    2. Set Number of Iterations to at least 200
    3. Click Run Calculation
    22. Monitor Forces

    During the simulation, we can observe whether forces on the car body stabilize
    which will mean that our simulation converges

    23. Postprocessing - ParaView

    After the simulation is finished, we can proceed to post-processing

    1. Go to Postprocessing panel
    2. Start ParaView
    24. ParaView - Load Results

    1. Make sure you have your case selected


    2. Click Apply to load results
    25. ParaView - Set View Direction

    After loading results, we have to rotate the domain or change view direction to see
    the car.

    1. Click Set view direction to +Z


    26. ParaView - Display Velocity

    We will now display velocity (U) contours.

    1. Load latest results by clicking Last Frame icon


    2. Select U (velocity) from the dropdown menu
    3. Click Rescale to data range

    27. ParaView - Coloring (I)

    We can change the coloring scheme in ParaView to have nicer colors.

    1. Click Edit Color Map from the menu placed on the left side, if the panel is
    not already shown.
    2. Select Choose Preset from the Color Map Editor placed by default on the
    right side of the ParaView
    28. ParaView - Coloring (II)

    We can now select a new Color Preset.

    1. Select jet preset.


    2. Apply changes
    3. Close Choose Preset window
    29. ParaView - Coloring (III)

    Now we can see the results with the new preset applied. We can also modify the
    number of displayed colors to see the results better.

    1. Decrease Number od Table Values to 20


    30. ParaView - Import Geometry

    To display results on the original geometry, we can import the geometry directly
    into ParaView.

    1. Click Open and select the original car_body.stl geometry to import it


    into ParaView.
    2. Click on the Visibility icon to show the geometry.

    31. ParaView - Final Results

    Now we can see the final results with the original geometry.

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