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1. Add contour, name it pressure contour
   1. Choose pressure
   2. Change # of contours to 110
   3. Go in render and uncheck lighting

To plot the pressure distribution at a cross section of the blade:

1. Make sure to have only 1 graphical instance of the blade
2. Create a plane
   1. Set method to YZ plane
   2. Set X to desired value (Note that blade is in -x direction) 
3. Adjust view
   1. Click +X on the bottom right triad
4. Create a pressure contour
   1. Set location to the plane just created
   2. Make sure the variable is pressure
   3. Specify min and max values to show high/low pressure regions
   4. Go under the 'view' tab and check 'apply rotation'
      1. Set axis to X
      2. Set angle to 90 degrees

To plot the variation of pressure along the axis of rotation:

1. Create a line to represent the z-axis (axis of rotation) 
   1. Name it 'AxisRotation'
   2. Set Point 1 to (0,0,90)
   3. Set Point 2 to (0,0,-180)
   4. Change # of samples to 200
2. Create a chart
   1. Under 'data series', create a new data series
   2. Set location to the line 'AxisRotation'
   3. Under 'x axis', set variable to Z 
   4. Check 'invert axis' because wind is traveling in -Z direction
   5. Under 'y axis', set variable to Pressure

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Torque

Let's now find the torque that the fluid is generating on the blade. 

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