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WORKBENCH

TUTORIAL

Flow Over a Cylinder


Unstructered Meshing
Processing &
Post-processing

Engr. Dr.-Ing. Usman Allauddin


Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department,
NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi.
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1. INTRODUCTION
This tutorial will guide you through the creation of un-structured mesh, Processing and post-processing of a 2D
flow over cylinder case in Workbench. The wake behind the cylinder and the Von Karman street at Reynolds
number = 10,0000 will be studied. The boundary layer at the cylinder is to be fully resolved by the first cell
with y + = 1 and Expansion factor 1.2. Diameter of cylinder D = 1m.

Inlet: U = 1.46 m/s; Tu = 5%: Turbulent length scale 𝑙𝑡 = 0.01 m


Top/Bottom walls: Stationary wall with zero shear stress
Cylinder: Stationary no slip wall
Outlet: P = 1 atm, Prel = 0 Pa; Tu = 5%; Viscosity ratio 𝜈𝑡 /𝜈 = 10
Fluid properties: air (Fluent Database), constant density
Turbulence Model: SST k-omega

2. GEOMETRY NOMENCLATURE
The following image shows the basic geometry of the 2D flow over cylinder geometry.

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3. OVERVIEW
The following are the tasks of the tutorial:
i. Prepare the geometry and do un-structured meshing in Design Moduler of Work Bench.
ii. Perform the steady and unsteady simulations with the SIMPLE solver and upwind discretization of the
second order. Use implicit time scheme in unsteady solution.
iii. Examine the results in post-processing.
iv. Make a video of the Von Karman Street.
v. Compare the results of steady vs unsteady type simulations.

4. SET UP & GENERAL GUIDLINES


i. It is highly recommended that you create a new directory to work in. Several files will be created and it
is much easier to find them later if they are all in a new directory.
ii. Note that the ANSYS set of programs (including CFX, Fluent and ICEM) are unable to read directory
names with space characters in them. This means that the name of the new directory and the path
leading to the new directory must not have any spaces.

5. STARTING THE PROGRAM


All Programs → ANSYS 16.0 → Workbench 16.0

Or

Search in the run tab with keyword “Workbench” and open it. Firstly Workbench launcher will be opened. Left
click “Fluid Flow” and drag it into the main window:

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Analysis Type: 2D

Double click “geometry” to open the DesignModeler

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Some general names for different parts of the DesignModeler window will be used to help identify where
certain commands are found. These are all labeled in the following image:

6. PRE-PROCESSING
6.1 Geometry Preparation
i. Left click on XY plane in “Project Tree Outline”, then right click XY plane and select “Look at”:

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ii. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Settings:

iii. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Draw → Rectangle:

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iv. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Dimensions → Horizontal:
H1: To give Horizontal dimensions, first click y-axis and then the left extreme vertical edge of the rectangular
geometry, drag it to any suitable location and left click to come out from this option to give horizontal
dimension “H1”

H2: To give Horizontal dimensions, first click y-axis and then the right extreme vertical edge of the rectangular
geometry, drag it to any suitable location and left click to come out from this option to give horizontal
dimension “H2”

v. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Dimensions → Vertical:


V3: To give Horizontal dimensions, first click x-axis and then the top extreme horizontal edge of the
rectangular geometry, drag it to any suitable location and left click to come out from this option to give
horizontal dimension “V3”

V4: To give Horizontal dimensions, first click x-axis and then the bottom extreme vertical edge of the
rectangular geometry, drag it to any suitable location and left click to come out from this option to give
horizontal dimension “V4”

vi. Details View Window → Dimensions → Give: H1=5m, H2=20m, V3=5m and V4=5m.

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vii. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Draw → Circle at origin:
viii. Project Tree Outline → Sketching → Dimensions → Diameter:

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The sketch of the geometry has been drawn, now from this sketch a surface will be drawn.

ix. Project Tree Outline → Modelling → expand XY plan→ left click Skecth1:

x. Main Menu → Concepts → Surface from Sketches:

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xi. Project Tree Outline → right click Surface Body → Fluid/Solid: Fluid

xii. Save project with name “Flow-over-cylinder-WB” at a suitable location.


xiii. Also export only the geometry file in .agdb format in the same folder

6.2 Meshing
i. Go to Workbench main launcher and double click “Mesh”:

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ii. Project Tree Outline → expand Geometry → right click “Surface Body” → Definition
→Thickness: 0m

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iii. Project Tree Outline → right click Mesh → Generate Mesh

iv. Project Tree Outline → right click Mesh → Insert → Method:

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v. Project Tree Outline → right click Mesh → Insert → Sizing:

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vi. Project Tree Outline → right click Mesh → Insert → Inflation:

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vii. Project Tree Outline → left click Mesh → Sizing → Max. Face Size = 0.2m:

6.3 Create Parts


i. Commonly used options → Edge Selector → select top edge → Create Named Selection:

Similarly create parts named: INLET, OUTLET, BOTTOM, CYLINDER.


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ii. Update mesh and Save project.
iii. Also export only the mesh files in .msh and .meshdat formats in the same folder

7. PROCESSING ON FLUENT

7.2 Steady RANS Simulation

i. Go to Workbench main launcher and double click “Set-up”:

ii. General → Mesh → Display → Mesh Display

iii. General → Mesh → check


Check geometry dimensions, smallest area and volume. The volume must be positive; any negative
volume in the grid will give error at this point.

iv. General → Mesh → Report Quality


Check mesh Orthogonal Quality, Max. Ortho Skew and Max. Aspect Ratio.

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v. General → Solver
Select Pressure Based Solver and Steady for time scheme.

vi. Models → Energy → Leave Energy equation off as there is no temperature change in the flow.

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vii. Models → Viscous → Edit → SST k-omega

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viii. Materials→ Fluid → air → Create/edit → select “constant” in density → Create/edit → close

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ix. Cell Zone Conditions→ Zone → fluid → Type: Fluid → OK
x. Cell Zone Conditions→ Operating Conditions → give pressure 101325 Pa→ OK

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xi. Boundary Conditions → INLET → Type: Velocity-inlet
Momentum:
Velocity magnitude: 1.46 m/s
Turbulence Specification Method: Intensity and Length scale
Turbulence Intensity: 5%
Turbulent Length scale: 0.01m

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xii. Boundary Conditions → OUTLET → Type: pressure-outlet
Momentum:
Gauge Pressure: 0 Pa
Turbulence Specification Method: Intensity and Viscosity Ratio
Backflow Turbulent Intensity: 5%
Backflow Turbulent viscosity ratio: 10

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xiii. Boundary Conditions → TOP and BOTTOM → Type: wall
Stationary, ZERO shear stress wall

xiv. Boundary Conditions → CYLINDER → Type: wall


Stationary, NO-SLIP wall

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xv. Solution Methods:
Pressure-Velocity Coupling: SIMPLE
Discretization scheme for all: Second Order Upwind

xvi. Solution Methods:

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xvii. Residuals Convergence criterion: For all parameters 1e-05

xviii. Monitors → Create → Drag

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xix. Monitors → Create → Lift

xx. Solution initialization: Standard initialization Method. Initialize from INLET.

xxi. Run the solution for 500 iterations.

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xxii. Check the velocity contours and plot yPlus on cylinder wall:

xxiii. Save project.


xxiv. Also export only the case & data files in the same folder with a suitable name say “flow-over-
cylinder-WB-steady”

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7.3 Un-steady RANS Simulation
i. General → Solver
Select Pressure Based Solver and Transient for time scheme.

ii. Solution Methods → Transient Formulation: Second Order Implicit

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iii. Monitors → Surface Monitors at (0.5, 0.5) and (1, 0)

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iv. Calculation Activities → Auto save every 2nd Time Step

v. Run Calculations:

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vi. Run the solution until a converges solution is obtained
vii. Save project.
viii. Also export only the case & data files in the same folder with a suitable name say “flow-over-
cylinder-WB-unsteady”

8. POST-PROCESSING
i. Go to Workbench main launcher and double click “Results” to open CFD-POST:

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ii. Create X-Velocity Contours:

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iii. Create Velocity Streamlines:

iv. Create a video of Von Karman Street:

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