I have a structural problem that I want to run which involves a beam that is deflected by stresses unrelated
to fluid forces. To get this deflection, I am going to solve a steady-state structural problem in ANSYS.
I would then like to do a standalone CFD simulation for flow around the beam.
What is the best way to get the mesh for the deformed beam into the
CFD calculation?
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With an MFX license, you can set this up as a 2-way FSI problem. Set up your ANSYS structural analysis as usual. Just remember to put a Fluid-Solid interface on the solid surface that meets the fluid. You can go ahead and run and save your analysis. In CFX, you can set up a transient simulation with external coupling to ANSYS. You will specify that CFX will receive Total Mesh Displacement from ANSYS but will pass it back nothing. You need only run a timestep or two. Under Solver Control, you will specify for ANSYS to solve first. Once it`s all set up, run the problem. The deformed mesh will be present in the CFX results file. You can import the mesh from this results file into a new session of CFX-Pre so that the deformed mesh will now be available for a new CFD simulation. |
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