Frontal area

Nazrin
Nazrin Altair Community Member
edited March 2022 in Community Q&A

Hello everyone,

I would like to ask is there any features in AcuSolve/AcuConsole/HyperMesh to calculate frontal area? For simple object (cylinder/box) i can calculate it manually, but not for complex object such as offshore jacket platform/ships/FPSO.

p/s: If im not mistaken, in Ansys Fluent, the frontal area (reference area) can be calculate automatically by Fluent itself. Hopefully AcSolve have this feature as well.

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  • ydigit
    ydigit
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2022 Answer ✓

    One easy way to the frontal area calculation is import the surface mesh (.Nas or Bdf format) in Virtual Wind Tunnel. It calculates the frontal area automatically. 

     

     

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  • ydigit
    ydigit
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2022 Answer ✓

    One easy way to the frontal area calculation is import the surface mesh (.Nas or Bdf format) in Virtual Wind Tunnel. It calculates the frontal area automatically. 

     

     

  • Nazrin
    Nazrin Altair Community Member
    edited January 2020

    I see. Tqvm @ydigit for the info. Hopefully AcuSolve/HyperMesh/Hyperworks X/HW CFD X can have this feature for user convenience. Cheers!

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