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6.11.5 Ball 3D Valve Tutorial

A ball valve is a type of shut off valve that controls fluid flow using a rotary floating ball. The floating ball valve is commonly known as the Ball check valve. They have a wide range of applications for many liquids, gases or corrosive fluids in manufacturing, chemical industries and residential purposes.

This tutorial shows the simulation of a ball valve moving in all three directions. The tutorial includes:

1. Problem overview: A description and schematic of the problem, explaining the conditions involved in the modelling.
2. Setting up the model: Building the simulation domain, mesh and specifying the physics and conditions.
3. Performing simulations: Steps to run the simulation.
4. Post processing: Analysis of the simulation results.