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Here, the edges of the geometry will be given names so one can assign boundary conditions in Fluent in later steps. The left side of the geometry will be called "inlet" and the right side will be called "outlet". The top side of the rectangle will be called "far_field" and the bottom side of the rectangle will be called "plate" as shown in the image below.

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In order to create a named selections first (Click) Edge Selection Filter, . Then click on the left side of the rectangle and it should highlight green. Next, right click the left side of the rectangle and choose Create Named Selection as shown below.



Select the left edge and right click and select Create Named Selection. Enter "inlet" and click OK. Under Outline, you will see the name Inlet under Named Selections.
Then,type "Inletinlet" into the text prompt and press ok as shown below.
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Now, create named selections for the remaining three sides and name them according to the diagram.

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