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1. Turn on a 'user defined scaler' φ which Fluent will solve for
2. On the cylinder surface, set the below equation by implementing the UDF as a boundary condition for φ 

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{latex}\begin{eqnarray} \phi = -psin(\theta) \end{eqnarray}{latex}

3. Run at least one iteration to integrate φ over the cylinder surface

Note that the liftFunc UDF calculates a side force that is NOT normalized. So you'll have to divide the reported value by 0.5*rho*v^2*D*1 to get the normalized side force. This is because when you integrate liftFunc, you get the integral of -p*sin(theta) on the chosen surfaces.

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