Add a new material / fluid

Wahbi Ben Ismail
Wahbi Ben Ismail Altair Community Member
edited June 2023 in Community Q&A
Hi,
 
I want to add a new fluid dedicated for cooling (such as glycol water), in order to test it with the same cooling circuit and compare its efficiency with the normal water defined by Altair.
 
Unfortunately, I can't find all the characteristics of the fluid, which Altair requires, such as first/second order temperature coefficient for density, viscosity, ...
 
Please, do you know where I can find this information? I have searched in the literature but did not find all the necessary information.
 
Thank you in advance.
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  • SimonGuicheteau
    SimonGuicheteau
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2023

    Hello

    you can find some examples of the right characteristics for air and water in the FluxMotor templates :

    C:\Users\xxx\FluxMotor\FluxMotor2022.3\Templates\Materials

    However, I don't know where you can find these information for other fluids. I guess you can find the main values like thermal conductivity and viscosity for a given temperature. This can maybe be approximated in your model.

    Bets regards

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