Appendix D
Profile Boundary
Conditions
Introduction to CFX
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-1
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
Profile Boundary Conditions
Training Manual
Rather than using constant values of variables
(velocity, pressure, temperature, etc), it is more
accurate to use experimental results and create profile
boundary conditions based on interpolation of values
from data files
Another option is to create a profile boundary from
results at some location in a previous simulation
Results
File from
First
Simulation
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
D-2
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
Inlet Velocity
Outside Temperature
Pressure Profile
Relative Pressure
Relative Static Pressure
Static Temperature
Stationary Frame Total Temperature
Total Temperature
User Defined Variables
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-3
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
Example of the BC file from CFD-Post. The information in
the colour boxes is needed and will be read automatically by
CFX-Pre
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-4
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
Initialize (read in) the profile in CFX-Pre. Do this by selecting Tools>Initialize Profile
Data and selecting the profile file. You can load multiple profile files and each file
can be applied in more than one location
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-5
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
Assign the profile data to a
boundary condition
Select the appropriate
profile from the drop-down
list, then click Generate
Values
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-6
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
The Boundary Details panel will
be modified to use the profile
data
These changes will not be
applied unless you click Apply
Tip: you can shift a profile by
modifying the x, y, z values
passed into the function, e.g.
in1.Velocity u(x+10[m],y,z)
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-7
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
Boundary conditions can
be visualized in CFX-Pre
You can create a
Boundary Contour or a
Boundary Vector plot of
the profile data
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-8
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
CFX-Pre
.def & .csv
CFX-Solver
.res
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
The profile data is read into
the CFX-Solver each time
the solver is started /
restarted (i.e. the profile file
can be edited between
solver runs without
returning to CFX-Pre
CFD-Post
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
D-9
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
Profile Boundary Conditions
How to Use
Results
File from
First
Simulation
Training Manual
CFDPost
Profile
Data File
CFXPre
Definition
File for
Second
Simulation
CFX-Pre
.def & .csv
CFX-Solver
.res (including .csv data)
CFD-Post
ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
.out (includes .csv data if
profile data is less than 16
kB)
All profile data is written to the
results file and can be extracted
using the command line utility
cfx5dfile, described in the Help Files
D-10
April 28, 2009
Inventory #002598
