Simulation Setup

This section covers all aspects of setting up a simulation in Flow360, including flow conditions, meshing, solver configuration, and output settings.

Contents

Section	Description
Flow Conditions	Define freestream and operating conditions
Mesh	Configure mesh generation, rotation regions, and refinements
Flow Solver	Set solver numerics, boundary conditions, and physics models
Output	Specify output fields, reference dimensions, and result formats

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Detailed Subsections

• Flow Conditions:

  • Operating condition: Define physical values of fluid properties

• Mesh:

  • Farfield: Outer boundaries and domain configuration
  • Mesh parameters: Control parameters for mesh generation
  • Rotation zones: Specialized regions for rotating features
  • Custom zones: User-defined volume zones
  • Volume mesh slices: Slice outputs from the volume mesh
  • Refinements: Local mesh control for critical regions

• Flow Solver:

  • Boundary conditions: Define domain boundaries
  • Time: Time resolution controls
  • Physics: Physical models in the simulation
  • User-defined dynamics: Custom dynamics definitions

• Output:

  • Reference dimensions: Dimensions for force coefficient calculations
  • Output list: All outputs to generate from the simulation
  • Available Output Fields: Complete reference of flow variables by output type
  • Scaling Values: Reference values for nondimensionalization