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ANSYS Fluid Dynamics
Update
August 18, 2011
1 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22,

2011
ANSYS Fluid Dynamics
ANSYS Fluid Dynamics Products

ANSYS Fluent
ANSYS CFX
ANSYS CFD-Post
ANSYS TurboGrid
ANSYS Polyflow
ANSYS Fluids Dynamics at 14.0
Significant benefits for users
Including geometry and meshing
Look for detailed materials at release time

2011
Our Fluids Strategy
We remain committed to developing and releasing an integrated,

unified fluids product
That will draw upon the best of both Fluent and CFX, as well as
add new functionality
That will minimize migration hurdles for our fluids customers
The first release of this product is targeted for ANSYS R15.0
Fluent and CFX will continue to be developed in the meantime (and

actively maintained for a few releases beyond R15.0)
To ensure smooth migration for our fluids customers

2011
Fluid Dynamics Themes
Rapid & Robust Meshing
Workflow & Usability
Multiphysics and Systems Coupling
Solver and HPC Performance
Rotating Machinery
Automotive Power Train Modeling
Multiphase Flow Modeling
Comprehensive CFD Capabilities
Special Material Processing
Summary
2011
Top on the list of challenges

engineering companies are facing is
shortened product development
schedules while at the same time the
product designs themselves are
becoming increasingly complex.
Meshing of these designs introduce

challenges in terms of speed,
robustness and accuracy.
Courtesy Siemens AG.

2011
Enhanced productivity through increased automation, flexibility, efficiency

and robustness
Assembly Meshing (Tet and CutCell)

Performance (Speed, Robustness)
Selective Meshing
Virtual Topologies
Hex Meshing
ICEM CFD/TGrid

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing Assembly Meshing
Assembly Meshing enables dramatically
reduced time to mesh for typical CAD
models by eliminating the tedious
geometry clean-up
Top-down approach to mesh all parts at

once
Uses Virtual Bodies (material points or
groups) to automatically extract internal
regions from assemblies
Supports:
Meshing solids from sheet bodies
Conformal mesh between parts
without requiring multibody parts
Overlapping bodies
Tet (linear) and CutCell (hex-dominant)
mesh types
Inflation
2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing Performance
Prism (inflation) layers

Speed (~2x faster)
Robustness
Element/cell quality
Tet with inflation
CutCell CutCell with inflation
Robustness
Cell quality

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing Selective Control
Persistence
Record and replay sequence
of meshing steps
Flexibility
Adv. Front surface meshing
Separate min size
for curvature & proximity
Convenience
Contact transfers to
Fluent

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing Virtual Topologies
Virtual Topologies (VT) enabling

improved automation, flexibility,
and usability: Cluster 2
More interactive usage through direct Cluster 1
graphics interaction rather than tree

objects
2 Virtual Faces created.
Ability to run Auto VT on selected 1 for each cluster.
edges, faces or bodies

Clustering of faces/edges
Create hard vertex
Face splits
Improved meshing performance
w/VTs

2011
Flexibility: Allows user to get mapped or swept mesh in easier fashion

2011

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing Hex Meshing
MultiZone improvements
Handling of cylindrical side faces
Imprinting
Through bodies
Through long stretches of connected
side faces
Support for Match control
Robustness
Speed
Speed improvements for multi-body
parts with swept blocks

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing ICEM CFD
Productivity enhancements through increased
robustness, flexibility, and efficiency
Stability and usability

~160 defects and feature requests resolved
User interface
Speed (display, selection)
Model tree
Tetra/Prism
Prism editing
Upgraded TGrid implementation
Hexa
Options, usability, smoothing
MultiZone

2011
Rapid & Robust Meshing TGrid
Productivity enhancements through increased

robustness, flexibility, and efficiency
Assembly Meshing
CutCell-to-Tet conversion with remeshing
Prism speedup (~2x)

2011
Workflow & Usability
Simulation departments are looking

for improved usability and the ability
to glean more information from fluid
dynamics simulations for all users
from occasional designers to
experienced analysts from
geometry creation through post-
processing.

2011
Workflow & Usability Geometry Advances
Focus on enhancing your productivity through new

features, increased flexibility, efficiency and usability
ANSYS DesignModeler
Core modeling improvements
Application-specific modeling
ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler
Improved Workbench integration
Enhanced Model Preparation
Interoperability
Support for new CAD releases
New CAD file readers

2011
Workflow & Usability Direct Entity Input
Direct entity selections are

accepted for Extrude, Revolve,
Sweep and Skin/Loft
operations
Named selections and sketches
remain supported as valid
inputs for greater automation
and flexibility
Extrude Revolve Sweep

2011
Workflow & Usability Visualization Controls
Improved visualization controls for modeling and topology verifications
Available through View options or directly from the Toolbar
Edge Direction Display Vertex Display

2011
Workflow & Usability Addl Enhancements
Single/Box selection toggle
RMB + LMB combination to easily toggle between the two selection modes
Auto Freeze during slicing
Slice feature and Slice Material operations are now available for all bodies
Both active and frozen
Active bodies involved in the slice are changed to frozen state automatically
Bodies involved in the slice

Active Bodies are changed to a frozen
state automatically
2011
Workflow & Usability Addl Enhancements
Improved Named Selection transfer between ANSYS DesignModeler and other
ANSYS Workbench applications
New Hot Keys
Improved Error handling
Attach failures
Share topology failures
Improved error handling to

provide appropriate error and
warnings in case of failures
A new export property inside
DesignModeler to control
named selection transfer to
other workbench applications
2011
Workflow & Usability Interoperability
Several new readers to provide two types of
interfaces for all major CAD systems for improved
productivity and flexibility
Associative Interfaces
Associative, parametric and Bi-directional
Readers
Native file readers for users without live CAD access Pro/Engineer
GAMBIT reader is enhanced to support non ACIS

geometry
A new DWG Reader for AutoCAD
Improved model processing for faster and targeted
updates
Updated geometry interfaces
ANSYS DesignModeler

2011
Workflow & Usability ANSYS SpaceClaim
Improved ANSYS Workbench Integration

Improved Associativity and data transfer
Support for multiple design points
Preview options for Topology Sharing

Preview sharing to view topology sharing
before transferring the model into Workbench
Help detect and fix topology sharing issues
before transfer

2011
Volume Extract Tool Improvements

Progress reporting
Options to specify multiple faces as seeds
to create more than one volume in a
single step
Option to preview face selection
propagation to detect leaks during
volume extraction

2011
Improved Selection and Repair Options
More Selection Options
Select Parents
Select Children
ClipView option to isolate and
examine selected region
Multi-face patch option for fixing
missing faces
Without multi-face With multi-face

ClipView patch on patch on
2011
Workflow & Usability ANSYS DX
Workbench Design Exploration and Optimization for
increased understanding, innovation & simulation ROI
New at 14.0 R14
Reduced time required
2 new adaptive DOEs
Distributed solve
Design point sorting
Increased Robustness Robust Design
Reserved licensingb Optimization
Support for partial DOEs Design Exploration
Increased understanding What if Study
New charts Multiphysics

Improved GOF Single Physics
Project report
2011
Workflow & Usability ANSYS RSM
ANSYS Remote Solver Manager at R14

(FL and CFX)
Major improvements for fluids as well
as general usability and robustness
improvements to RSM
Queue multiple jobs on a local
machine
Overnight or other low-usage times
Submit jobs to remote machines
Distributed clusters
Management of files, including UDFs
Update design points in parallel via
RSM

2011
Workflow & Usability ANSYS CFD
Improved workflow and usability

in ANSYS Workbench
Extended User Preferences (FL)
General options
Launcher options
Extended parameters for Fluent
Real and profiles variables in zone
and domain settings
Examples:
Phases: Nucleation Rate, Coalescence and Breakage Kernels
Phase Interaction: Surface Tension Coefficients, Lift Coefficient,
Restitution Coefficient
Contact Angles (on wall BC)

2011
Process more information per simulation (FL)

Monitor more than a single lift, drag, or
moment monitor
Multiple monitors for each type
Assign any variable to a custom field
function for use with unsteady statistics
Multiple force monitors
Export data on per cell zone basis for faster
file write and reduced storage needs (FL)
CFD Post, EnSight, and FieldView
Custom field functions for statistics

2011
Optimization of transient chart creation

performance (CFD-Post) Transient chart
Update only relevant objects during creation speed-up*
transient chart creation FFT Chart 48 [%]
Significant speed-up when current state Time Chart 54 [%]
contains many un-related objects * On standard test case; will vary depending on
particular case and post-processing state
Additional ability to reduce transient data
(CFX)
Output selected solution data only at
boundary
E.g. pressure at surfaces
Large data reduction possible

2011
Enhanced ability to use ANSYS CFD with

other tools
CGNS library version upgrade to 3.0
Support face-based regions in CFD-Post
(in addition to node-based)
Enable adoption use as common CFD
post-processor for 3rd party tools
Example CGNS results from 3 rd
Control of default launcher working party tool with face-based region
definition
directory (CFX)
Ability to switch default to directory in
which launcher was started
Improved licensing preferences (CFX)
Adherence to global license settings

2011
Easier specification of animation resolution

for high definition playback (CFD-Post)
Extended output options to include HD
standard sizes
HD Video 720p
HD Video 1080p
Also: Automatic internal adjustment to
avoid Windows Media Player playback
limitations

2011
Multiphysics and Systems Coupling
Engineers need to accurately predict how

complex products behave in real-world
environments with real world physics.
ANSYS is continuously improving the

ease of use and efficiency of simulating
real world interactions between fluid
dynamics, structural mechanics, heat
transfer, and electromagnetics within a
single, unified engineering simulation
environment using systems coupling.

2011
Multiphysics and Systems Coupling FSI
Two-way surface force/displacement

coupling between Fluent and Mechanical
via Systems Coupling
Steady/static and transient two-way FSI
Integrated post-processing with CFD-Post
Workbench based setup and execution
Windows and Linux
Alternative execution from command line
including cross-platform
Parallel processing with ANSYS HPC
RSM currently not supported
Restarts for fluid-structure interaction
Parameterization, design exploration and
optimization Non-Newtonian blood flow
through a three leaf mitral valve
2011
Multiphysics 1-way FSI
Significantly faster surface mapping for

1-way FSI (CFD-Post)
New Octree mapping method
significantly faster algorithm
Need to set Option in CFD-Post
1-way FSI in ANSYS Workbench uses
CFD-Post under-the-hood
Will use mapping option set by user
in CFD-Post (which is stored in user
preferences)
Status message with diagnostics
report indicates new mapping
method is being used

2011
Multiphysics Fluent-Maxwell
Complex multiphysics modeling

New: Electromagentic-thermal interactions
inside Workbench using Fluent with Maxwell
One-way and two-way coupling
Combine with 1-way FSI

2011
Companies need to make informed development

decisions about their increasingly complex
products in increasingly shorter time frames.
Courtesy Siemens

2011
Solver and HPC Performance Adjoint Solver
Adjoint Solver for Fluent fully tested,

documented, and supported at R14.0
Provides information about a fluid

system that is very difficult and
expensive to gather otherwise
Computes the derivative of an Shape sensitivity to down-force on a F1 car
engineering quantity with respect Lift Force (N)
to inputs for the system Geometry Predicted Result
Engineering quantities available

Original --- 555.26
Mod. 1 577.7 578.3
Mod. 2 600.7 599.7
Down-force, Drag, Pressure drop Mod. 3 622 621.8
Robust for large meshes

Tested up to ~15M cell
Shape sensitivity to lift on NACA 0012

2011
Objective function
Mesh Morpher and Optimizer definition panel
Fluent Mesh Morpher and Optimizer

Create your own optimization
functions using parameters
Faster mesh deformation
Constrain some boundaries and
allow others to deform Example data showing
More easily assess the effectiveness faster mesh deformation
of the optimization routine
Save and plot the value of the
objective function as a function
of design iteration number
Execute TUI commands before Objective function as a
and after the optimization loop function of design stage

2011
Solver and HPC Performance RAE-2822 Airfoil
M=0.73
AOA=2.8 deg
Focus on robustness, accuracy, and efficiency
Improved performance (FL)

Higher order term relaxation (HOTR)
More aggressive initial settings Standard @ CFL=200 Standard @ CFL=100
Improved convergence
Diverges
Out of the box performance
New defaults
2nd order for some equations
hybrid initialization
Solver optimizations HOTR @ CFL=200 HOTR @ CFL=100
Migration manual
Beta: NRBCs with PBNS (FL)
Compatible with
combustion models
Normalized scales residuals comparing HOTR to
2011 standard relaxation at different CFL settings
Solver and HPC Performance RAE-Wing-body 5
M=0.8
AOA=2.0 deg
Faster convergence on stretched

meshes
Convergence Acceleration for

Stretched Meshes (CASM) with
the density-based implicit solver
Recommended for: Cd
Standard
CASM
Steady-state simulations
Anisotropic meshes with high
stretching in the local flow
direction
Stretched meshes with Y+ near 1
Convergence acceleration for stretched meshes

requires nearly 10x fewer iterations in this case
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2011
3072 cores
Improved scalability (FL)

Scalability to higher core counts
Simulations with monitors including
plotting and printing
Cluster-to-cluster view factor file writing
optimization
Hex-core mesh, F1 car, 130 million cells
monitor-enabled
35
R13
1.1 million 30
R14
surface clusters
25
20
15
Sample cluster-
to-cluster view 10
0.4 million factor data 5
surface clusters writing using
0
32-way parallel 0 200 400 600 800 1000
and Infiniband.
Example data for scaling with R14 monitors
2011
Faster auto-partitioning (FL)

Optimized for multi-core clusters
All simulations benefit
New default
More constant time required with
fixed overhead
Improved usability (FL)
Better error tracking
Latest Platform and Intel MPI
versions on all platforms
Work in Progress: GPU investigation
R14.0: Viewfactor and ray tracing
calculations on GPUs (FL)b Example viewfactor calculation times for
different combinations of GPUs and CPUs
2011
P4 P6
Optimize parallel partitioning in multi-core P2 Partitioning step
P7 finds adjacency
clusters (CFX) amongst partitions;
Partitioner determines number of P1 P8
partitions with max
adjacency are
connections between partitions and P3
P5 grouped on same
compute nodes
optimizes part.-host assignments
Re-use previous results to initialize P1 P3 P2 P7
calculations on large problem (CFX) P5 P6 P4 P8

Large case interpolation for cases with Compute Node 1 Compute Node 2
>~100M nodes
Clean up of coupled partitioning option for
multi-domain cases (CFX)
Eliminates isolated partition spots

2011
Rotating Machinery
Rotating machinery plays a key role in many

industries, including aerospace, power
generation, automotive, marine, HVAC and
healthcare. Manufacturers are currently
challenged to improve the performance of their
machines, more than ever before.
Courtesy Siemens AG
2011
Rotating Machinery
Highly efficient time accurate simulations

with Transient Blade Row capability (CFX)
Several models available
Time Transformation (TT)
Inlet Disturbance
Single Stage TRS
Fourier Transformation (FT)
Inlet Disturbance
Single Stage TRS
Blade Flutter
Reference solution Time Transformation
without a TBR method, solution, requiring only
requiring 180 deg model 3 stator and 2 fan blades
Surface pressure distribution (top) and monitor

point pressure (left) from an axial fan stage:
Equivalent solution with Time Transformation at
fraction of computational effort
2011
Rotating Machinery
Time Transformation Fourier Transformation
Fourierseries used for reconstruction of

solution history on pitch-wise boundary and
Solve in transformed inclined time, fully inter-row interfaces for efficient data storage
implicit, with turbulence & convergence
Results in inclined time stored using Fourier- Two passages for better signal collection and
based data compression faster convergence than single passage
Results re-constructed in physical time for
analysis
2011
Rotating Machinery
Workflow extensions for Transient Blade

Row (CFX)
Incorporation of TBR methods in Turbo
setup mode
Switch to general mode for case-
specific details
Profile replication and clocking for inlet
disturbances
Automatically ensure complete
circumferential overlap of profile
with mesh
Select profile and specify rotation
rate

2011
Rotating Machinery
Integrated Transient Blade Row analysis

(CFD-Post)
Full integration of single passage TBR
analysis
Each plots can be at selected time or
phase position in period being modeled
Expansion of results (to show multiple
passage simultaneously) possible with
macro provided with installation

2011
Rotating Machinery
Additional integrated turbo analysis

capabilities (CFD-Post)
Reduce need to export data and
manipulate externally
Directly assess stream-wise changes in
span-wise distributions of circumferential
averages
Look at differences or ratios of existing
variables, e.g. pressure ratio
Further derived data possible with ability
to define separate lines
Easier set-up of monitor points for rotating
machinery (CFX)
Specification in cylindrical coordinates

2011
Rotating Machinery
Highly automated blade row meshing without sacrificing quality

(TurboGrid)
ATM method expanded to handle (single) splitter blades
Additional enhanced templates available

2011
Automotive Power Train
With government pressure and market demand

for the better fuel efficiency and reduced
environmental impact of vehicles, there is a
strong need to improve simulation technology
for applications such as hybrid/electric
powertrains, turbo chargers, direct injection,
etc..

2011
Automotive Power Train IC Engine System
New for R14: IC Engine Analysis System

provides unified and simplified set-up
for internal combustion engines
Controls simulations based on user
inputs
Geometry decomposition
Meshing
Dynamic mesh set-up
Reporting
Parametric updates
Pervasive use of crank angle
Option to include journal files
Automate combustion and spray
set-up

2011
Automotive Power Train IC Engine System

2011
Automotive Power Train After-Treatment
Automotive after-treatment (FL)

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
Urea droplets and particles material
Improved DPM droplet
vaporization and boiling
Uniformity index for post-processing SCR Simulation: Aqueous urea droplets and
ammonia mass fraction at catalyst inlet
Catalytic Converter Light-Off
Plane showing gas
Non-equilibrium thermal model for temperature
porous media predicts fluid and solid

temperatures separately
Dual cell approach automatically
creates connected mesh for solid zone
Plane showing porous
Include surface chemistry media temperature
Light-Off Simulation: Fluid and solid temperatures

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2011
Automotive Power Train Solver meshing
T=0 T=25 T=50
Fluent MDM improvements driven by
internal combustion engine needs
Retain and remesh boundary layers
during tetrahedral remeshing (FL)
Boundary layer settings from
original mesh Remeshing a tetrahedral mesh with
boundary layers during a simulation
Example applications: internal
combustion engines and FSI
Improved robustness and usability

for dynamic mesh (FL)
Mesh smoothing
Cut cell remeshing
Parallel
Tetrahedral mesh with boundary
layers after remeshing

2011
Automotive Power Train Battery Model
Fluent Battery Model: a

pragmatic approach to full-scale
battery computations
Temperature effect on battery
dynamics
Appropriate for various types Temperature Current Density
of batteries Contours on a prismatic Li-ion cell
Robust numerical algorithm for

fast convergence
User-customizable properties
and correlations
Discharge curves for a prismatic Li-ion cell

2011
Multiphase Flow Modeling
Many industrial processes involve the

simultaneous flow of multiple phases.
Most of these processes are impossible to

observe directly. Therefore, engineers rely
on models and experiments to gain insight
into improving the efficiency, throughput,
safety and reliability of their processes.
Courtesy of Petrobras

2011
Multiphase DPM Diffusion-controlled
2.50E-03 Convection Diffusion-controlled
Experimental Data symbols
2.00E-03
Accuracy and robustness improvements 1.50E-03
Dp (m)
Accurate heat and mass transfer for low 1.00E-03
and high evaporation rates in the same 5.00E-04
simulation (FL) 0.00E+00

0 1 2 3 4 5
Convection/Diffusion controlled time (s)
Single droplet experiment of Wong-Lin
vaporization
More accurate modeling for high
Weber number sprays (FL)
Stochastic Secondary Droplet
Breakup Model (SSD)
Improved tracking for DPM with
moving and deforming meshes (FL)
Particles are tracked in the cells
deformed/moved each time step Hiroyasu spray bomb, p = 5 MPa
2011
Multiphase DPM
Easier analysis and visualization of

particle data (FL)
Display particles as spheres with
varying size
Display vectors/cylinders on
particles to indicate a direction of Particles where sphere size changes with
velocities, forces, etc. diameter and particle velocity vectors
Filter particle display to view only a

small part of particle tracks
Similar improvements for FLUENT

particle tracks in CFD-Post
Particles filtered by flow velocity

between 10 and 11 m/s
2011
Multiphase DEM
NETL Fluidized Bed
Simulations using
DEM with DDPM
Model dense particulate flows with DEM (FL)
DEM enabled as a collision model in the 12% fines
DPM model panel 0-25 sec
Use in combination with single phase and

DDPM simulations
Works in parallel
Particle size distributions
Prediction of the packing limit
Head-on collisions 3% fines
Collisions with walls start-up -15 sec
and 15-30 sec
Example applications: Bubbling and
circulating fluidized beds, particle Note that channeling
is observed in the
deposition in filtering devices, 15-30 sec animation
particle discharge devices (silos)

2011
Multiphase DPM
Easily replicate particle or droplet injection at

different locations or in different directions
(CFX)
Specify local coordinate frame for each
Particle Injection Regions (PIR)
Much more convenient for set-up of large
numbers of PIRs
Applications with multi-port fuel
injection, spray dryers, scrubbers, etc.
Directly specify swirling injection at PIRs (CFX)
Use CEL to flexibly define cylindrical
components as f(position, time, )
Includes extension to LISA model for
pressure-swirl atomizers

2011
Multiphase DPM
Improve predictions of droplet behaviour in the

superheated regime (CFX)
Model mass transfer based on degree of
superheating (Temperature excess above
boiling temperature)
Differentiate between temperature at
droplet interface and temperature within the
droplet
Interface temperature based on local
energy balance of heat transfer into and
away from particle
Internal heat transfer rate based on
empirical correlation from Adachi et al

2011
Multiphase DPM
Histogram of
Generate additional particle data output for particle size
distribution
further analysis (CFX) at an outlet
Frequency distributions of particle quantities

at boundaries to *.csv for histograms in
CFD-Post or elsewhere
Wall particle monitoring per patch
Instantaneous and time-integrated
Extend models with algebraic AVs for particles
(CFX)
Analogous to fluid AVs
Enhanced FLUENT particle track post-processing
(CFD-Post)
Vector variables and sizing by diameter
Time-integrated
mass of particles
hitting a wall

2011
Multiphase Condensation
Ability to include global effect of wall

condensation without multi-phase details
(CFX)
Single phase, multiple components
Mixture of one condensable and one or
more non-condensable species
Condensable component extracted by sink
terms at walls and CHT boundaries, as
Water condensation
function of concentration through near a wall at a fluid-
solid interface
boundary layer
Liquid film is not modeled
Key application: nuclear accident scenarios
looking at containment pressure variation
over time need to include macroscopic
effect of condensation

2011
Multiphase Free Surfaces
Coupled VOF after 500 iterations
Better robustness and faster convergence for free
surface steady-state cases using coupled VOF (FL)
Improved in R14.0
Options for better trade-off between stability
and accuracy (FL)
Hybrid treatment of Rhie-Chow face flux
interpolation with special treatment near free
surfaces
Coupled P-V, Segregated VOF
after 1400 iterations

2011
Multiphase Free Surfaces
Continuum surface stress method for

surface tension flexibility (FL)
Surface tension as a function of any
variable
Alternative to existing CSF model in
some difficult cases
For example: cases with sharp
Sample data: surface tension and viscosity
interface discontinuities as a function of temperature
Experiment image compared to Fluent results.

Image from: Thermally Induced Marangoni
Instability of Liquid Microjets with Application
to Continuous Inkjet Printing by Furlani et al.
2011
Multiphase Eulerian
Boiling model extensions, and testing (FL)

Critical heat flux (CHF) for modeling
Wall Temperature
boiling dry out conditions
Transition smoothly between the
bubbly and droplet regimes
Boiling with bubble size distributions Axial Position (m)
Test case based on the data in Hoyers et. al.
using interfacial area concentration showing dry out at the wall
(IAC) models
Accurate interfacial areas for heat
and mass transfer calculations in
non-equilibrium boiling conditions
Example applications: Nuclear industry,
engine jacket cooling
IAC model allows bubble diameter variation at

different stations along the pipe to be modeled.
2011
Data from: Bartolemei et. Al
Multiphase Eulerian
Combine phase change and varying dispersed

phase size distributions for improved accuracy
(CFX)
Homogeneous and inhomogeneous MuSiG
can be applied together with general phase
change and RPI wall boiling models
= +
Simulation and comparison with experimental results from DEBORA Test Facility, courtesy of HZDR (formerly FZD)
2011
Multiphase Population Balance
Model diameter and other variable changes

(bin fraction, moments) due to density
changes in the dispersed phase (FL)
Compressible dispersed phase
Example applications: Geophysical flows,
oil and gas flows, compressible flows with
population balance
Model growth and nucleation with the Effect of expansion on bubble diameter in bubble
inhomogeneous discrete model (FL) column with discrete method: Monodispersed
Example applications: Crystallization, bubbles injected at bottom and results compared
with analytical diameter (in white)
bubble columns with mass transfer

2011
Multiphase Population Balance
DQMOM QMOM
g
DQMOM Population Balance captures
the segregation of poly-dispersed phases
due to differential coupling with the
continuous phase (FL) Velocity big bubbles > All bubbles move with
velocity small bubbles same velocity
Faster solution time than the
inhomogeneous discrete model
Multi-fluid model convects different
dispersed phase sizes using different
velocities
Example applications: Fluidized beds,
gas solid flows, spray modeling, bubble
columns
Bubble diameters for DQMOM (white)
compared to QMOM (red)
Contours of volume fraction of

the phase with the largest
diameters in a bubble column.
2011
Multiphase Eulerian Wall Film
Eulerian Wall Film Model for rain water

management, deicing and other
applications
Available models:
Momentum coupling
DPM coupling The wall film on a car mirror with
Particle collection, splashing and droplets released due to wind shear
shearing liquid water injected

Heat transfer
film air
solid
Q = 3000 W
Q 3000
T film 75 K
m C P 0.01 4000
Contours of temperature in an Eulerian Wall

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2011
Comprehensive CFD Capabilities
Courtesy Borg Warner Turbo & Emissions Systems.

Manufacturing companies today
face many challenges, ranging from
increased product complexity to
tightened quality requirements to
yield and productivity pressures.
As product complexity increases
Courtesy MTU Aero Engines GmbH.

and the margin for error decreases,
CFD must rise to meet growing
demands for comprehensive and
advanced product capabilities.

2011
Comprehensive CFD Motion
Improved accuracy with simplicity of

immersed solids (CFX)
Addition of boundary model for more
realistic velocity forcing with immersed Boundary-fitted mesh
solids
Track nodes nearest to immersed solid
Assume constant shear (laminar) or use
scalable wall function (turbulent) to
modify forcing at immersed solid wall Immersed Solid (default)
Can improve immersed solid predictions

significantly
Continuing development for further
improvements and broader applications
Immersed Solid with Boundary Model

2011
Comprehensive CFD Motion
Further user control on deforming mesh to allow retention of optimal mesh

quality (CFX)
Diffusion of boundary mesh motion can be defined to be anisotropic i.e.
preferential diffusion in different directions
Sample case: Deformation of

an originally square domain y x y x
Final mesh with isotropic Final mesh with anisotropic
diffusion: skewed elements diffusion: improved mesh quality,
greater range of motion possible
2011
Comprehensive CFD Interfaces
Easy simulation of opening and closing (CFX)

Conditional GGIs that can open and close as
the solution progresses
Define condition as CEL function of solution
e.g. After set time, based on solution
values (single or integral values)
Example applications
Membranes bursting, windows shattering,
valves opening/closing
Define as reversible (e.g. valve) or
irreversible (e.g. burst membrane)

2011
Comprehensive CFD Dynamic Mesh
Greater accuracy and speed with default interface

settings (CFX)
Direct intersection method is now default
Significantly faster
biggest impact on transient cases with re-
intersections
More accurate than bitmap method
Support for dynamic mesh on meshes with

polyhedral elements (FL)
Smoothing on polyhedral elements
Polyhedral elements skipped during remeshing

2011
Comprehensive CFD Turbulence
Focus on wall treatment accuracy (FL)

More accurate rough wall treatment
for epsilon-based models
Avoids reduction in roughness
when the near-wall mesh is refined
New default for all simulations
Turbulent flow over a flat plate with
using rough wall treatment roughness and heat transfer
Reduced sensitivity to the near-wall

mesh density for the Spalart-
Allmaras model
New enhanced wall treatment
is the default for S-A turbulence
model R13 default treatment R14 wall treatment
Sensitivity of the skin friction coefficient to mesh

density in an incompressible flat boundary layer
78 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22, modeled with Spalart-Allmaras
2011
Improved accuracy for turbulent flows with

strong rotation and streamline curvature
with one and two-equation models (FL)
Option to apply a correction term
sensitive to rotation and curvature
Accuracy comparable with the RSM, with
Contours of curvature correction function (fr) in a
less computational effort curved duct (k-omega SST turbulence model)
Improved accuracy for turbulence near

porous jump interfaces (FL)
Use wall functions to include the effects
of solid porous material on the near-wall
turbulent flow on the fluid side of porous
jump interfaces
Contours of velocity showing the impact of a

79 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22, porous jump on velocity in bordering cells
2011
Contours of Q criterion
More accurate solution of high Re wall

bounded flows using LES (FL)
Algebraic Wall Modeled LES Flow over a wall
mounted hump
(WMLES) formulation based on
Smagorinsky model
Benefits gas turbine combustors and
other internal flow applications
Apply scale-resolving turbulence

models only locally, as required, to
balance cost vs. accuracy (CFX)
Zonal LES model using turbulence
forcing
Forcing zone defined by logical CEL
function
A mixing layer with resolved turbulence
2011
using SAS initiated by the forcing model
FWH source surface,
R=1m
Comprehensive CFD Acoustics
M=0.2
2D monopole with convection
Validations and model extensions (FL)

Convective effect for FW-H acoustics solver Acoustics directivity Receivers,
R=3m
Option to include the effect of far-field

velocity on the generated sound for the
Ffowcs-Williams & Hawkins solver
Improves accuracy when modeling
aeroacoustics and external flows OASPL overall sound pressure level
Model Doppler effects due to the relative

motion of acoustic sources and receivers (FL)
For example: Sound from a source moving
with a constant speed (airplane, car)
Moving M=0.4
receiver
Source
Sound pressure compared with analytic
solution at approach and departure
81 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22, (Doppler effect different frequencies)
2011
Comprehensive CFD Radiation
More Efficient Discrete Ordinates Radiation (FL)

DO radiation calculations ignore solid zones not participating in radiation or
participating in heat transfer by conduction only
Avoids unnecessary CPU time and memory allocations
Performance improvement varies depending on specifics of case
Up to 20% improvement for test cases
2x2 3x3 6x6
Serial/Old 218.63 s 269.95s 536.32s
Serial/New 202.40s 241.56s 429.40s
Parallel 2- 86.4s 107.4s 205.3s
proc/Old
Parallel 2- 80.7s 98.4s 167.2s
proc/New
Sample data for a 3D case with 5 solid zones
2011
Comprehensive CFD Shell Conduction
Oxidizer(air)
V=0.1 m/s, T = 300K
Shell conduction: Improved accuracy and Mean Mixture Fraction=0
ability to include combustion (FL)
Non-premixed and partially-premixed
External Wall with
combustion models convective BC
Fuel, V=1 m/s
Example applications: Gas turbines, T= 300K h=2, Tinf= 300K
Mean Mixture Fraction=1
those with thin walls and combustion
Geometry and details for shell conduction
with non-premixed combustion test case
Improved shell conduction usability (FL)

Updated documentation for wall
temperature variables and shell zone
and thin wall post-processing
Post-process the external wall
temperature if shell conduction is
applied on a one-sided-wall
Temperature on a mid-geometry surface
2011
Comprehensive CFD Reacting Flows
1D Reacting Channel Model (FL)

Detailed chemistry in the
channel (plug flow)
Simple geometry,
complex chemistry
3D heat transfer in the
furnace/shell
Complex geometry,
simple (or no) chemistry 1D reacting channel model in Fluent
Example applications:
cracking furnace, fuel
reformers,
1D reacting channel geometry in Fluent

2011
Focus on Validation and Verification (FL)

Real gas
RCM1, RCM3
Surface chemistry
Kleijn CVD
Turbulent non-premixed flames
Sydney bluff body flame
Turbulent premixed flames

Example simulation
Chen F3 results for the Kleijn CVD
verification for surface
Internal Combustion Engines chemistry

2011
Comprehensive CFD Combustion
More accurate, flexible, and efficient

combustion simulations with CFX-RIF (CFX)
Variable thermodynamic conditions
User-defined mechanisms
Reduced materials list
Expanded modeling with inert residual
material model (CFX)
Application example: Safety analyses
involving hydrogen combustion together
with fire suppression using water

2011
Comprehensive CFD Combustion
Flame front prediction from
Faster, more accurate, and more general G-equation shortly after
ignition in an IC engine
unsteady combustion (CFX)
G-equation model upgrade
GUI exposure
Robustness enhancement
Additional correlations for flame speed
and flame thickness
Improved compatibility with ignition
models
More accurate and faster flame front re-
initialization
Easy customization of non-ideal mixture
properties (CFX)

2011
Special Material Processing
The polymer, glass, metals and cement

processing industries face the special challenge
of highly complex material behaviour when
performing simulations to minimize physical
prototyping in the manufacture of extrusion dies
or improve the quality of thermoformed or blown
products.
Importantly, for say the packaging industry, is the

ability to predict more accurately the structural
performance of the package in real-use
scenarios.
ANSYS Polyflow provides a host of special

material models and enhanced capabilities to
meet these needs.

2011
Enhanced Workflow and Usability in
Workbench
Polydata will support named boundaries and subdomains, using
Named Selections in ANSYS Workbench
ANSYS POLYFLOW supports 1-D and 2-D pmeshes generated in

ANSYS Meshing and ANSYS ICEM CFD
1-D pmeshes for 2-D
meshes
1-D and 2-D
pmeshes for 3D

2011
Enhanced Usability in Workbench from
Templates
A database is now available of ANSYS

Workbench Project Templates for
common applications of ANSYS Polyflow
Templates folder in the POLYFLOW 14.0
installation
Each project contains a complete
calculation (Geometry to Post-processing)
with parameters and a final report
Blow-molding, extrusion,
thermoforming examples in ANSYS
Workbench archived (.wbpz) format
The template projects can be used for
learning purposes or as starting points for
individual projects.

2011
Enhanced Extrusion Solutions from use of
CutCell Meshes
ANSYS POLYFLOW 14.0 can import and run Cutcell
meshes for complex extrusion dies
New mesh generation method in Tgrid and ANSYS
Workbench
Fast and efficient algorithm for rapid hex dominant
mesh generation on highly complex geometry, such
as extrusion dies Initial CutCell mesh
A Sliceable mesh can be created for the free jet Sliceable free jet mesh
region from a CutCell mesh, to allow computation of
final extrudate shape
Final extrudate shape
Creates conformal prismatic mesh in the free jet
subdomain with CutCell mesh in the die
Take full advantage of rapid hex dominant CutCell
meshing for complex die geometries
2011
Enhanced Extrusion Solutions from
Numerical Decoupling of Species and VOF
ANSYS POLYFLOW will now allow numerical

decoupling of species and VOF volume/fill
fractions from the flow calculation
Reduce memory requirements and improve
solution speed by segregating the volume
fraction field
This is very useful for applications like multi-
fluid co-extrusion (and glass forming)
Fill fraction of the primary fluid in multi-

fluid co-extrusion: Flow through a
complex die modeled with VOF method

2011
Enhanced Solutions for Blow Molding and
Thermoforming
A force can be specified for mold motion with shell
meshes for parisons in blow molding and
thermoforming
Specify maximum displacement of the mold to set a
bounding criterion for the motion
A new contact release method has been implemented

for blow molding and thermoforming
This allows determination of Parison peeling from
mold for blow molding and plug release in
thermoforming
Thermoforming of a medical blister Contact release is compatible with both specified force
and specified velocity for the mold
2011
Virtual Prototyping for Packaging
Applications - Mechanical
Thickness data from ANSYS POLYFLOW can be

sent to ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS Explicit
Dynamics via an automatic connection
Complete Virtual Prototyping and Testing
capability in ANSYS Workbench for packaging
manufacturing:
Simulate blow molding or thermoforming
process to get final thickness distribution with
Polyflow
Based on Polyflow predicted variable
thickness, perform stress and deformation
analysis
Top load stress analysis with ANSYS
Mechanical shown here

2011
Virtual Prototyping for Packaging
Applications Explicit Dynamics
Where the deformation or loading rate are larger,
then transfer the Polyflow thickness data to Explicit
Dynamics system in Workbench
Explicit Dynamics is available as part of ANSYS
Explicit STR and ANSYS AUTODYN
Here we will load a blown part (created from
Polyflow) with a rigid plate (in green in mesh plot)
Loading normal to the plate

2011
Summary
ANSYS Fluid Dynamics 14 contains enhancements in all

products
ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, ANSYS CFD-Post
ANSYS Turbogrid
ANSYS Polyflow
for rapid and robust meshing, workflow and usability,
HPC and solver speed, rotating machinery, automotive and
multiphase applications as well as overall to provide
comprehensive CFD.

2011
Questions?

2011
Appendix

2011
Workflow & Usability Hot Keys
New set of hot keys (short cuts) for frequently repeated operations
F3: Apply Ctrl-F: Toggle Face selection filter

F4: Cancel Ctrl-B: Toggle Body selection filter
F6: Toggle display Sketching mode only
(shaded+edges/shaded/wireframe) Ctrl-Z: Undo
F7: Zoom to Fit Ctrl-Y: Redo
Ctrl-A: Select All Ctrl-C: Copy
Ctrl-P: Toggle Point selection filter Ctrl-X: Cut
Ctrl-E: Toggle Edge selection filter Ctrl-V: Paste

2011
Workflow & Usability Interoperability
Geometry Interfaces at R14.0

Associative Interfaces (Associative, CAD Readers
bidirectional and parametric) AutoCAD 2012*
Creo Parametric Creo Elements/Pro
Creo Elements/Pro NX 7.5
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Inventor 2011
Inventor 2012 SolidWorks 2011
SolidWorks 2011 Catia V5 R20
Solid Edge ST3 (103) Catia V4
Solid Edge ST4 IGES and STEP
CATIA V5 R21 Parasolid 24.0
Teamcenter 8.0. 8.1, 8.3 ACIS R20
GAMBIT 2.4
100 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22, * Requires an AutoCAD installation
2011
New mesh options in Fluent
Copy and move zones (TUI)

Copy zones and translate/rotate the
copies directly in Fluent
Preserve interior faces during conversion

to polyhedral meshes (TUI)
Keep interior faces that may be needed
for post-processing
Copied and translated zones

in Fluent 14

2011
FLUENT 14 Solver Numerics
Embedded Reference Frames: Local

frame specification for sliding mesh Local (embedded)
Local frame (origin and axis) defined frame
with respect to moving (base) frame

Origin and axis locations remain
Base frame
fixed with respect to base frame

NO UDF required to update the
origin or axis!
Local frame set to

revolve about an
origin at center (0.1,
0.1) w.r.t. base frame

2011
Accelerated convergence for complex

calculations
Equation specific control for pseudo-
transient calculations (FL)
Accessed in the expert panel
244 125 66
iterations iterations iterations
PBCS Pseudo Transient off PBCS Pseudo Transient fully on PBCS Pseudo Transient on for all
103 2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22, equations except species and energy
2011
Work in Progress: GPU investigation

Acceleration limited to Jacobi/Gauss-
Seidel smoothers in the context of X X X X X
flexible cycle on fine level X X X X X

X X X X X X
Special interleaved CSR matrix storage X X X X X
structures for faster memory access on X X X X X X
GPUs X X X X X
X X X X X X
Coloring algorithm for parallelizing X X X X X X
Gauss-Seidel on GPU X X X X X X X
X X X X X
R14: Viewfactor calculations on GPUs

as beta (Fluent)
Research continues

2011
Multiphase Eulerian
Cavitation in a nozzle using linearized mass transfer
Improved numerical stability for user- vof of liquid
defined mass transfer with compressible
phases (FL)
Linearized option for user defined mass
transfer also allows larger timesteps Absolute pressure
New Hulin-Gidaspow and Gibilaro drag laws

for granular flows (FL)
Modified Huilin-Gidaspow drag allows
smooth transition from dilute to dense
limit, improving numerical behavior
Gibilaro drag law for fluidized beds
provides a better representation of
physics in these cases

2011
More Turbulence Enhancements (FL)

Time statistics data sampling time displayed in
GUI
Turbulence dissipation rate () variable for omega-
based turbulence models available in CFD-Post
Reynolds stress normal components accessible via
UDF
Eliminates need to compute Reynolds stress
normal components from scratch in a UDF

2011
Minor improvements (FL)

Surface chemistry robustness
UDF hooks for PDF table
Tabulated laminar flame speeds in
partially-premixed PDF table for non-
adiabatic
Chemically-Activated bi-molecular
reactions
Local diffusion for spark model
Real gas with partially-premixed
model

2011
FLUENT 14 DPM (beta)
Node based averaging of DPM source terms volume fraction

and DDPM volume fraction standard average
Standard averaging dumps all volume
fraction into one cell.
Node based averaging distributes volume
fraction over several cells by collecting data 0.013
on mesh nodes.
Several kernels available.
Strongly reduces grid dependency. volume fraction
Improves convergence behavior for steady node based average
simulations.
Allows for larger time steps in transient 0.0
simulations.
Requires more memory.

2011

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ANSYS Fluid Dynamics Products

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We remain committed to developing and releasing an integrated,

The first release of this product is targeted for ANSYS R15.0

Fluent and CFX will continue to be developed in the meantime (and

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Top on the list of challenges

Meshing of these designs introduce

Courtesy Siemens AG.

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Enhanced productivity through increased automation, flexibility, efficiency

Assembly Meshing (Tet and CutCell)

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Top-down approach to mesh all parts at

Prism (inflation) layers

CutCell CutCell with inflation

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Virtual Topologies (VT) enabling

More interactive usage through direct Cluster 1

graphics interaction rather than tree

edges, faces or bodies

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Flexibility: Allows user to get mapped or swept mesh in easier fashion

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Stability and usability

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Productivity enhancements through increased

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Simulation departments are looking

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Focus on enhancing your productivity through new

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Direct entity selections are

Extrude Revolve Sweep

Edge Direction Display Vertex Display

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Bodies involved in the slice

Improved error handling to

GAMBIT reader is enhanced to support non ACIS

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Improved ANSYS Workbench Integration

Preview options for Topology Sharing

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Volume Extract Tool Improvements

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Without multi-face With multi-face

Increased understanding What if Study

New charts Multiphysics

ANSYS Remote Solver Manager at R14

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Improved workflow and usability

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Process more information per simulation (FL)

Custom field functions for statistics

Optimization of transient chart creation

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Enhanced ability to use ANSYS CFD with