SOLIDWORKS Flow Course Overview

SOLIDWORKS fluid and airflow simulation software is the most widely used Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) worldwide.

The SOLIDWORKS Flow course is designed to introduce participants to the comprehensive capabilities of CFD within SOLIDWORKS. This course covers dynamic flow and thermal characteristics through various media, including porous materials and supersonic flow, providing an in-depth understanding of how to analyze and optimize designs for fluid dynamics and thermal performance.

If your interested in advanced thermal flow consider enhancing your SOLIDWORKS flow software with the Electronics Cooling Module and the HVAC advanced radiation module.

Skills Learned:

Porous Media: Learn to combine dynamic flow and thermal characteristics through filters and porous media, essential for designing efficient filtration systems and understanding media impact on flow and temperature.
Supersonic Flow: Analyze high-Mach number supersonic flow to understand how primary and oblique shock waves form, crucial for aerospace and defense applications.
Thermal Analysis: Perform convective and conductive thermal analysis in electronics, leveraging an extensive database of fans and setup features to ensure optimal thermal management.
Solution Adaptive Meshing: Utilize SOLIDWORKS to refine the mesh dynamically at high flow gradients while solving, improving the accuracy of simulation results.
Rotating Regions: Simulate axial and radial fans with local rotating regions and dynamic sliding meshes, applicable in HVAC, automotive, and industrial fan design.
Design for Optimization: Iterate through numerous versions, setting targets and goals for SOLIDWORKS Flow to optimize, facilitating the design optimization process.

Course Duration

2 Days (7 hours/day)

Prerequisites

Experience with SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS Essentials Preferred

Course Examples

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Porous Media

Combine dynamic flow and thermal characteristics through filters & porous media

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Supersonic Flow

Analyze high-mach number supersonic flow and how primary and oblique shock waves form

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Thermal Analysis

Combine convective and conductive thermal analysis in electronics leveraging an extensive database of fans and setup features

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Solution Adaptive Meshing

Let SOLIDWORKS refine the mesh dynamically at high flow gradients while solving

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Rotating Regions

Simulate axial and radial fans with local rotating regions and dynamic sliding meshes

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course: Design of Experiments

Iterate through numerous versions and set targets and goals for SOLIDWORKS Flow to optimize to

SOLIDWORKS Flow Course Syllabus

Lesson 1: Creating a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Project

Case Study: Manifold Assembly
Model Preparation

Internal Flow Analysis
External Flow Analysis
Manifold Analysis
Lids
Lid Thickness
Manual Lid Creation
Adding a Lid to a Part File
Adding a Lid to an Assembly File
Checking the Geometry
Internal Fluid Volume
Invalid Contacts
Project Wizard
Dependency
Exclude Cavities Without Flow Conditions
Adiabatic Wall
Roughness
Computational Domain
Mesh
Load Results Option
Monitoring the Solver
Goal Plot Window
Warning Messages

Post-processing

Scaling the Limits of the Legend
Changing Legend Settings
Orientation of the Legend, Logarithmic Scale

Exercise 1: Air Conditioning Ducting

Lesson 2: Meshing

Case Study: Chemistry Hood
Computational Mesh
Basic Mesh
Initial Mesh
Geometry Resolution

Minimum Gap Size
Minimum Wall Thickness

Result Resolution/Level of Initial Mesh

Manual Global Mesh Settings

Control Planes
Exercise 2: Square Ducting
Exercise 3: Thin Walled Box
Exercise 4: Heat Sink
Exercise 5: Meshing Valve Assembly

Lesson 3: Thermal Analysis

Case Study: Electronics Enclosure
Fans

Fan Curves
Derating

Perforated Plates

Free Area Ratio

Exercise 6: Materials with Orthotropic Thermal Conductivity
Exercise 7: Electric Wire

Lesson 4: External Transient Analysis

Case Study: Flow Around a Cylinder
Reynolds Number
External Flow
Transient Analysis
Turbulence Intensity
Solution Adaptive Mesh Refinement
Two Dimensional Flow
Computational Domain
Calculation Control Options

Finishing
Refinement
Solving
Drag Equation
Unsteady Vortex Shedding

Time Animation
Exercise 8: Electronics Cooling

Lesson 5: Conjugate Heat Transfer

Case Study: Heated Cold Plate
Conjugate Heat Transfer
Real Gases

Goals Plot in the Solver Window

Exercise 9: Heat Exchanger with Multiple Fluids

Lesson 6: EFD Zooming

Case Study: Electronics Enclosure
EFD Zooming

EFD Zooming - Computational Domain

Lesson 7: Porous Media

Case Study: Catalytic Converter
Porous Media

Porosity
Permeability Type
Resistance
Matrix and Fluid Heat Exchange
Specific area
Dummy Bodies

Design Modification
Exercise 10: Channel Flow

Lesson 8: Rotating Reference Frames

Rotating Reference Frame
Part 1: Averaging
Case Study: Table Fan
Noise Prediction

Broadband Model

Part 2: Sliding Mesh
Case Study: Blower Fan
Tangential Faces of Rotors
Time Step
Part 3: Axial Periodicity
Exercise 11: Ceiling Fan

Boundary Conditions
Computational Domain

Lesson 9: Parametric Study

Case Study: Piston Valve
Parametric Analysis
Steady State Analysis
Part 1: Goal Optimization

Input Variable Types
Target Value Dependence Types
Output Variable Initial Values
Running Optimization Study

Part 2: Design Scenario
Part 3: Multi parameter Optimization
Exercise 12: Variable Geometry Dependent Solution

Lesson 10: Free Surface

Case Study: Water Tank
Free Surface

Volume of Fluid (VOF)

Exercise 13: Water Jet

Theoretical Results

Exercise 14: Dam-Break Flow

Experimental Data

Lesson 11: Cavitation

Case Study: Cone Valve
Cavitation

Lesson 12: Relative Humidity

Relative Humidity
Case Study: Cook House

Lesson 13: Particle Trajectory

Case Study: Hurricane Generator
Particle Trajectories - Overview

Particle Study - Physical Settings
Particle Study - Wall Condition

Exercise 15: Uniform Flow Stream

Lesson 14: Supersonic Flow

Supersonic Flow
Case Study: Conical Body

Drag Coefficient
Shock Waves

Lesson 15: FEA Load Transfer

Case Study: Billboard