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Problem Specification
1. Create Geometry in GAMBIT
2. Mesh Geometry in GAMBIT
3. Specify Boundary Types in GAMBIT
4. Set Up Problem in FLUENT
5. Solve!
6. Analyze Results
7. Validate the Results
Problem 1
Problem 2

Step 7: Validate the Results

Report Force


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titleForce Conventions

FLUENT

report

forces

in

term

of

pressure

force

and

viscous

force.

For

instance,

we

are

interested

in

the

drag

on

the

airfoil,

(Drag)

~total~

total =

(Drag)

~pressure~

pressure +

(Drag)viscous

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Drag due to pressure:

Latex
~viscous~

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Drag due to pressure:
\\
{latex}
\large
$$
{(Drag)_{pressure}} = {\oint \-P \hat{n}.\hat{e_d}dS}
$$
{latex}

Drag

due

to

viscous

effect:

Latex

\\
{latex}
\large
$$
{(Drag)_{viscous}} = {\oint \tau_w \hat{t}.\hat{e_d}dS}
$$
{latex}
where

where

ed is the unit vector parallel to the flow direction. 

n is unit vector perpendicular to the surface of airfoil.

t is unit vector parallel to the surface of airfoil.

Similarly, if  we are interested in the lift on the airfoil,

(Lift) = (Lift)pressure + (Lift)viscous

Lift due to pressure:

Latex

_e{_}{_}{~}d{~}_ is the unit vector parallel to the flow direction. 

_n_ is unit vector perpendicular to the surface of airfoil.

_t_ is unit vector parallel to the surface of airfoil.
\\

Similarly, if  we are interested in the lift on the airfoil,

(Lift) = (Lift)~pressure~ + (Lift)~viscous~

Lift due to pressure:
{latex}
\large
$$
{(Lift)_{pressure}} = {\oint \-P \hat{n}.\hat{e_l}dS}
$$
{latex}

Lift

due

to

viscous

effect:

Latex

\\
{latex}
\large
$$
{(Lift)_{viscous}} = {\oint \tau_w \hat{t}.\hat{e_l}dS}
$$
{latex}
where

_e{_}{_}{~}l{~}_ is the unit vector perpendicular to the flow direction. 

_n_ is unit vector perpendicular to the surface of airfoil.

_t_ is unit vector parallel to the surface of airfoil.
\\

where

el is the unit vector perpendicular to the flow direction. 

n is unit vector perpendicular to the surface of airfoil.

t is unit vector parallel to the surface of airfoil.

Report Force

We will first investigate the Drag on the airfoil.

Main Menu > Report > Forces...


Select Forces. Under Force Vector, enter 0.9998 next to X. Enter 0.02094 next to Y. Select airfoil under Wall Zones. Click  Print.

Here's is what we see in the main menu:

No Format
Force vector: (0.99980003 0.02094 0)
                                pressure        viscous          total       pressure        viscous          total
zone name                          force          force          force    coefficient    coefficient    coefficient
                                       n              n              n                                            
------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
airfoil                        3.8125084              0      3.8125084   0.0024897052              0   0.0024897052
------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
net                            3.8125084              0      3.8125084   0.0024897052              0   0.0024897052
 

This is an inviscid model, we are expecting a drag coefficient of zero, and yet there is a small drag coefficient that present. We should investigate more into this.
Cd =  (Cd)pressure + (Cd)skin friction

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In reality, (Cd)skin friction has biggest contribution to drag but ignored because of the inviscid model that we specify. (Cd)pressure should be zero, but it is not zero because of inaccuracies and numerical dissipation during the computation.

Now, let's look at the lift coefficient.

Main Menu > Report > Forces...

Select Forces. Under Force Vector, enter -0.02094 next to X. Enter 0.9998 next to Y. Select airfoil under Wall Zones. Click  Print.

Here's is what we see in the main menu:

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