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Modeling a fan in floworks

Modeling a fan in floworks

Modeling a fan in floworks

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Looking for help in modeling a radiator fan in COSMOS FloWorks.  I can't seem to get this set up properly.  The result I'm looking for is similar to figure 5 in the following pdf.

http://www.goengineer.com/rotatingflow.pdf

I would like to have velocity traces of the flow coming off the fan blades.  The biggest problem I'm having is whether it should be internal or external.  (I'm assumng external)  I also can't seem to get the rotating regions specified.  (global or local) Global dosen't give the results I'm looking for and I can't seem to get it to recognize and surfaces in the local setting and thus the solver won't even start.  Any help would be appreciated or if anyone has a template for this type of study.  Thanks.

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Can anyone recommend a good reference book/guide for this program?

RE: Modeling a fan in floworks

Does anyone know what version of CFW had this rotatingflow.pdf tutorial because I too would like to look closer at this ?

Thomas

RE: Modeling a fan in floworks

This function has been in CFW for quiet sometime. It is described well in the documentation and there is a tutorial too. The documentation and tutorails are not in the most accessible place. Look for these in a folder called 'lang' in the FloWorks installation folder.

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