Numerical Results

We can use either FLUENT or CFD-Post as post-processing tool. CFD-Post is preferable as it is more user friendly and gives you more freedom. 

Velocity Contours

To plot the velocity contours we will use CFD-Post. You can now close FLUENT.

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To probe: Click on "Probe" icon. Then change the variable to "Velocity" and click on the screen where you wanna probe.

Vorticity Contours

Another interesting thing to analyze is the Vorticity distribution downstream of the turbine. This strongly affects how you would distribute more turbines in case you are designing an array of them.

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One could also plot some cool pictures for pressure (you will notice some relationship with the velocity contours) and for Turbulent Kinetic Energy (you will notice some relationship with the vorticity contours). For the latter one, change the scale from Min=0 to Min=7 J/kg and enjoy a very beautiful turbulent kinetic energy distribution! Note how close the contour will be to the Vorticity one.

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