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A panel named "Details of Velocity Vector" will appear right below the outline window. Set the Locations to symmetry 1. Click on Apply to display the velocity vectors.

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In Details of Pressure contour, change the locations to symmetry 1, change the variable to Pressure, and change the number of contours to 50.

Click on Apply to view the contour.

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In the Details of Outlet panel, enter the following coordinates. Change the number of samples to 50. Click on Apply to create a line at the outlet.

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Insert a chart from the menu: insert > chart. Name the chart "Velocity Profile". Change the title to "Velocity Profile" in the General tab. In the Data Series tab, rename Series 1 to FLUENT and select Outlet for location. Select Velocity as the variable in the X Axis tab and select Y as the variable in the Y Axis tab. Click on Apply to generate the chart.

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We would like to compare the FLUENT result to the Blasius boundary layer solution. Download the Blasius solution here. Return to the Data Series tab and insert another data set. Rename it Blasius. Instead of specifying the location of the data, select the Blasius solution file you have downloaded.

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Insert a chart and name it "normalized velocity". Select Outlet for the location in Data Series. Select normalized u for the X variable and Y for the Y variable. Click on Apply to view the chart.

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Here, we will plot the variation of the x component of the velocity along a vertical line in the middle of the geometry. In order to create the profile, we must first create a vertical line at x=0.5m. Insert another line, same as the previous step, and name it Mid section. Enter the following numbers to create a vertical line at x=0.5m. Set the number of samples to 50. Remember to click on Apply to finish.

Insert another chart and name it Mid Section Velocity Profile. In the General tab, change the title to "Velocity profile". Select Mid Section as the location and rename Series 1 to Mid section. We will compare the velocity profiles at the mid section and at the outlet. Repeat the procedure in the previous step to insert the velocity profile at the outlet. Change the variable to Velocity in the X Axis tab and change the variable to Y in the Y Axis tab. Click on Apply to generate the chart.

The velocity profile comparison is shown below:

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