ANALYSIS OF RECTANGULER
DUCT
INDEX
1. Geometry
2. Geometry Definition and Meshing
3. Fluent
4. Fluent Result
PAGE 1
NO. OF FIGURE
1. GEOMETRY
2. Inlet
3. Outlet
4. Wall
5. Meshing
6. Run Calculation
7. Boundary Solution
8. Solution
[Link] Velocity
[Link] Velocity
PAGE 2
1. GEOMETRY
Geometry
As a mentioned in a question, I take geometry W = 10 mm. Followed following steps:
1. In sketch plane selected rectangle with 10mm
2. After selecting end sketching in sketch plane of a ribbon bar.
3. Then use pull in a ribbon bar with length of 501.5mm
PAGE 3
[Link] DEFINATION AND MESHING
In a meshing display firstly defined inlet, outlet and wall.
Inlet:
Inlet
Outlet:
PAGE 4
outlet
Wall:
wall
Then updating and generating mesh with element size 1mm and
physics preference is CFD.
PAGE 5
Meshing
Then the result generated from meshing is:
Nodes: 60742
Element: 50100
PAGE 6
[Link]
Then start fluent in start page changing solver processor from 1 to 4.
Then start fluent then following steps:
Boundary
General Materials
Conditions
Reference
Initialization Graphics
Values
Run
Calculation
General: set solver 1, pressure – based and time- steady
Materials: set a fluid air
Boundary Condition: Set inlet velocity magnitude 10 m/s.
Reference Condition: set compute from inlet and reference zone: select
defined geometry
Graphics: select pathlines change color by velocity and velocity
magnitude and save/display.
Initialization: select standard methods compute from inlet.
Run Calculation: Set parameter 200 no. iterations. Then calculate.
PAGE 7
Fig. Run Calculation
Fig. Boundary Condition
Fig. Solution
PAGE 8
[Link] RESULT
1. In result firstly select wall, inlet and outlet with select render in
option with 0.90 transparency.
2. Then, in ribbon bar select streamline 1 with type: surface
streamline
3. Alternatively, we take streamline 2 with type: 3D streamline
Output we get at inlet, 1.343 * 10^1 m/s, at boundary is 0 m/s .
Then we get at outlet, we get 2,238*10^1, at boundary we get o m/s.
Fig. minimum velocity
Fig. Max velocity
The output of rectangular duct is higher than circular in both cases i.e.
at inlet and outlet.
PAGE 9
