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Plots

This section shows some of the common plots used in the bearing simulation. The steps to create the plots are:

1. Click Load Results in the Simulation Panel.
2. Select the required result file "(bearing_model_1440.sres)" in the ensuing Load Results dialog box, click Open.

Mass Flux

The mass balance is monitored with the mass flux plots.

1. Select oilgallery_inlet under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
2. Click Add XY-Plot icon in the Toolbar.
3. Select oilgallery_inlet under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
4. Click Click for Variable List icon, select Mass Flux under Flow in the Plot Panel.
5. Select Plot Selected Variables icon > click Plot Property icon. In the Plot Property dialog box enable Moving Average and enter 360, click OK.
6. Multi-select conrod_outlet_d, conrod_outlet_u, mb_outlet_d and mb_outlet_u under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
7. Click Click for Variable List icon, select Mass Flux under Flow in the Plot Panel.
8. Click Combine Entity Data into a Single Curve to obtain the outlet mass flux.
9. Multi-select oilgallery_inlet, conrod_outlet_d, conrod_outlet_u, mb_outlet_d and mb_outlet_u under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
10. Click Click for Variable List icon, select Mass Flux under Flow in the Plot Panel.
11. Click Combine Entity Data into a Single Curve to obtain the net mass flux.

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Note: The moving average is used in transient simulations to obtain the average behavior over the entire simulation time. It can be specified as, click Click for Variable List icon in Plot Property and enable Moving Average. The value in the Moving Average input is number of preceding time steps (sampling interval) for calculating the average.

Outlet Mass Flux

1. Select mb_outlet_d and mb_outlet_u under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
2. Click Add XY-Plot icon in the Toolbar.
3. Click Click for Variable List icon in Plot Panel toolbar, select Mass Flux from Flow list.
4. Click Combine Entity Data into a Single Curve to obtain the outlet mass flux for main bearing.