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Mathematical Model 

IS THE SAME AS PART 1?

In part 1 we only analyzed one position of the hub relative to the incoming wind, which might be an over-simplification. We also didn't account for the vortices generated by the blades passing upwind on the blades downstream.

All of these will be accounted in this Sliding Mesh method. In this case Fluent will actually move all components of the geometry and solve a transient problem.

Numerical Solution Procedure in ANSYS

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Start-Up

Outline: 

Open previous file. (we will use the same file)

Duplicate the project. Name it "Sliding Mesh".

Drag Solution from MRF to Sliding Mesh. (this will link the two simulations and import all setup (and above) configurations that we inputted in the MFR case to the new sliding mesh. This way, we don't need to recreate all the interfaces and cell zone conditions)

Go to Step 2: Geometry

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