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Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (Part 2) - Panel
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (Part 2) - Panel

Numerical Solution

Set up an animation

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Highlight Calculation activities. Click in "Create/Edit" under "Solution Animations".
  • If the button is grayed out, close Fluent, open Solution of the MFR, close it and then re-open Solution for the Sliding Mesh.
  • Increase "Animation Sequences" to 1.
  • Rename it to Sliding_Mesh
  • Change "When" to Time Step and click Define.
    • Display type will be "Contours"
      • Change contours to Velocity, deselect all Surfaces.
      • Check "Filled", uncheck "Global Range", "Auto Range" and Clip to Range".
      • Set the "max" to 16.
      • Click Display
      • Zoom in and adjust the display so that the turbine is slightly to the left, and you can see the wake. This scene will be the animation close-up that will be created.
    • Close the Windows (click Close, Ok and Ok).
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    Run Calculation

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