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Plots

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

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

Mass Flux

The mass balance is monitored with the mass flux plots.

1. Select inlet and outlet under Boundaries in the Geometric Entities Panel
2. Click Add XY-Plot icon in the Toolbar.
3. Click Click for Variable List icon in the Plot Panel toolbar, select Mass Flux under Flow.
4. Click Plot Selected Variables icon.
5. Click on Combine Entity Data into a Single Curve icon to obtain the net mass flux.

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.

Pressure

1. Select Point 01 under Points in the Geometric Entities Panel.
2. Click Add XY-Plot icon in the Toolbar.
3. Click Click for Variable List icon in the Plot Panel toolbar, select Pressure under Flow.
4. Click Plot Selected Variables icon in the Plot Panel toolbar.

 

Temperature

1. Select Point 01 under Points in the Geometric Entities Panel.
2. Click Add XY-Plot icon in the Toolbar.
3. Click Click for Variable List icon in the Plot Panel toolbar, select Temperature under Heat.
4. Click Plot Selected Variables icon in the Plot Panel toolbar.