Numerical Results

Now we will look at the results of our simulation.

Plotting Velocity Vectors (3D)

Watch the following video for demonstrations:

Summary of the above video:

1. Right-click on wall_artery → Edit → Render → Change "Transparency" to 0.7
2. On the top toolbar, click on the vector icon
   1. Name it Velocity Vector
   2. For the Location in the Geometry tab, select fluid_zone
   3. Click Apply

Plotting wall shear on the artery wall:

Watch the following video for demonstrations: (Note: Since our problem is steady, we cannot animate the results. Please ignore that part of the video.)

Summary of the above video:

1. Click on the Contours button
   1. Location → wall_artery 
   2. Under Color tab, choose Variable → Wall Shear
   3. Click Apply

Creating a sweep for velocity profile at different sections:

Watch the following video for demonstrations:

Summary of the above video:

1. Turn off artery_wall
2. Click on Location > select Isosurface
   1. Name it XY Plane
   2. Under Geometry tab, choose Variable Z
   3. For Value, drag the slider to the left-most (smallest) value
   4. Under Color tab, change Mode to Variable
   5. For Variable, choose Velocity
   6. Click Apply

Plot contours at specific locations

Basically, you need to first create a plane, and then color the plane by your desired variable. Methods to create a plane include:

Plane (you can specify three point, or one point and a normal vector), Isosurface (where you can specify x, y or z values), user surface or surface group. After constructing your surface, color it by variable, and choose the variable you would like to plot. Finally, you may toggle your view to face normal to the plane, and then turn of all the 3D faces and wireframe that might disturb your view. Then you can take a snapshot of the contour. Example given below:

Isosurface -> variable z -> Color by velocity -> turn off the walls and outlets and wireframe

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