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Steady Flow Past a Cylinder - Panel
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Physics Setup

Your workbench project should look like this.

We are done with all the meshing steps but for some reason, a tick mark doesn't appear next to Mesh in the project page. To get the tick mark next to mesh, right-click on it and select Update as shown below.

Launch Fluent

(Double Click) Setup in the Workbench Project Page.

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Solution Setup > Materials > Fluid > Create/Edit....
Then set the Density to 1 kg/m^3 and set Viscosity to 0.05 kg/m*s. Click Change/Create then click Close.

Boundary Conditions

FarField1

Solution Setup > Boundary Conditions > farfield1.
Set Type to velocity-inlet. Click Edit.... Set Velocity Specification Method to Components, set X-Velocity to 1 m/s, and set Y-Velocity to 0 m/s.

FarField2

Solution Setup > Boundary Conditions > farfield2..
Set Type to pressure-outlet.

Cylinder Wall

Solution Setup > Boundary Conditions > cylinderwall.
Set Type to wall.This is the default.

Reference Values

Solution Setup > Reference Values.
Set the Density to 1 kg/m^3. The other default values will work for the purposes of this simulation.

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