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A UDF is needed to calculate the lift force over the entire cylinder by integrating the pressure over cylinder segments set to "wall" or "velocity inlet". We cannot use the in-built lift calculation calculator for this case because it does not consider segments set to "velocity inlet." Important point to keep in mind: The UDF only affects the post-processing of the lift coefficient. It does NOT change the base numerical solution. The strategy for computing the lift force using the UDF is as follows:

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