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To start, make sure you have saved your downloaded mesh file to a known location on your computer. If you are not able to launch FLUENT directly (as shown in this the first video), you can still start a project through workbench. Open workbench and click and drag the Fluent icon under Component Systems into a highlighted area in Project Schematic into Project Schematic  to create a standalone system. Double click on the Setup cell to launch FLUENT and proceed with the video instructions once in FLUENT. 

The following video shows you how to import the NASA grid into FLUENT. 

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The following video shows you how to probe for desired points in the mesh which will be used later to split up the flow domain into region registers. 

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The following video shows you how to create region registers using the points obtained in the previous video. We will then split the mesh boundaries up according to these registers. 

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The following video shows you how to set up the physical conditions for our model flow problem. Unlike the main tutorial problem which uses viscous-laminar governing equations, we will now employ the Spalart-Allmarus turbulence model. We will also change to a pressure-based solver. Be aware that will we also change our viscosity value to adjust our Reynolds number to 6E6. 

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There are a few numerical solver specifications necessary before we can run the calculation. The following video shows you what specifications will likely make for a verifiable, converged solution. 

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