¿How can I give rotation movement to a propeller?

Guillermo Rodríguez Pérez

Hello,

I'm new in using AcuSolve solver with Hyperworks CFD.

I'm analysing a cuadricopter drone and I cannot give the propellers rotation movement. I have each propeller as a separated solid body, so once meshed, I'm giving it rotation by menu Motion>Rotation>SolidBody of the propeller>I select axis and velocity, but it does not work.

How could I do it?

Thank you.

acupro

These two tutorials would be a good place to start - for reference.

Steady-state reference frame - no mesh motion:
https://help.altair.com/hwcfdsolvers/acusolve/topics/tutorials/acu/acu_5000_intro_cfd_c.htm#acu_5000_intro_cfd_c

Transient with rotating/sliding mesh:
https://help.altair.com/hwcfdsolvers/acusolve/topics/tutorials/acu/acu_5001_intro_cfd_r.htm#acu_5001_intro_cfd_r

You won't actually use the 'solids' of the propellers themselves, but you will need a separate volume around the surfaces of the propellers - rotating a fluid volume around the propeller.  (The 'solid' space is actually void to the fluid volume.)