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Animations

The steps to create a streamline animation are shown below:

Velocity Magnitude 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 top_surface, bottom_surface and inner_radius under Concentric_annulus in Volumes.
5. Select Yes for the Release Particle from the Streamline drop-down list and enter 100 for the Number of Particles in the Model Tab of Properties Panel.
6. Select Streamline in the Geometric Entities Panel.
7. Enter 0.0001 for Line Thickness and 0.05 for Animation Time Size.
8. Select Velocity Magnitude from the Derived Variables list in the Variable drop-down list of Results Panel.


Figure 11.216 - Streamline (Velocity Magnitude)