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Contours

The most common contours for the heated disk simulation are the pressure and the velocity contours across the domain. The steps to create contours are:

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

Create a section

A section is created with the following steps.

1. Click Create a Cross-Section icon  in the Geometric Entities Panel. A new section Section 01 is created under Derived Surfaces.
2. Select Section 01, the Type and Position are specified as Plane Y and -0.002 m in the Geometry Tab of Properties Panel.

Create an Isosurface

An isosurface is created with the following steps.

1. Click Create an Isosurface icon  in the Geometric Entities Panel. An Isosurface 01 is created under Derived Surfaces.
2. Select Temperature [Heat] under Variables for the Isosurface Variable drop-down list in the Geometry Tab of Properties Panel.
3. Select Below Value from the Option drop-down list.
4. Enter 302 K for Value.

Temperature Contours

• Select Section 01 under Derived Variables in the Geometric Entities Panel.
• Select Temperature under Variables list for the Variable drop-down list in the Results Panel.

Velocity Streamline

1. Click Select Modules in the Model Panel, to open Physical Model Selection dialog box.
2. Select Streamline in the Available Modules list and click Add.

3. Click Close to close the Physical Model Selection dialog box. Streamline is added in the Geometric Entities Panel.

4. Select the Boundaries inlet under pipe Volumes.
5. Select Yes from the Streamline drop-down list and enter 50 for the Release Particle and Number of Particles in the Model Tab of Properties Panel.
6. Select Streamline in the Geometric Entities Panel.
7. Enter 0.001 for Line Thickness and 10 for Animation Time Size .
8. Select disk under Volumes and Streamline in the Geometric Entities Panel.
9. Select Velocity Magnitude from the Derived Variables list in the Variable drop-down list of Results Panel.

Velocity on Isosurface Contours

1. Select Isosurface 01 under Derived Surfaces.
2. Select Velocity Magnitude from the Derived Variables list in the Variable drop-down list of Results Panel.

Temperature and Velocity vectors

1. Click Create a Cross-Section icon  in the Geometric Entities Panel. A new section Section 02 is created under Derived Surfaces.
2. Select Section 02, the Type is specified as Plane X and 0 m in the Geometry Tab of Properties Panel.
3. Select Keep Negative Side from the Section Option drop-down list in the View Tab of Properties Panel.
4. Select outlet under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel.
5. Select Temperature under Variables list from the Vector drop-down list in the View Tab of Properties Panel.
6. Enable Vectors and enter 340 for Max in the Results Panel.

7. Enter parameters for the Vector drop-down list in the View Tab of Properties Panel as follows.

   • Color: Black
   • Size: 3
   • Head Size: 0.5