KR230: I want to evaluate pressure and viscous forces separately in CFD-Post. How do I do this?


The `force` command in the Function Calculator calculates a combined force (pressure+viscous) on surfaces.

To calculate forces due to pressure and viscous stresses separately, the following form can be used:
For pressure forces in the x-direction on `region`:
areaInt_x(p)@region
For viscous forces in the x-direction on `region`:
areaInt(Wall Shear X)@region

Note that the relative pressure, p, was used in the above expressions which is consistent with the default behavior of the `force` command. If the reference pressure is non-zero, and the force based on the absolute pressure is desired, use pabs instead of p in the pressure force expression (e.g. areaInt_x(pabs)@region).





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