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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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You should get something as the following figure.
You can see the vorticity emanting from the tips of the blades. If you ever seen a video from a flow over a plate perpendicular to the direction of the flow, you might remember the vorticies being generated at the tips of the plate.
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One could also plot some cool pictures for pressure (you will notice some relationship with the velocity contours) and for Turbulente Kinectic 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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