Pre-Analysis & Start-Up — Lesson 2

Please complete the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" tutorial before completing this tutorial. Click here to go to the problem statement of the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" tutorial.

Alternatively, click here to download the completed project files for the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" tutorial.

The pre-analysis is the same for both steady and unsteady flow past a cylinder. Click here to go to the pre-analysis of the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" tutorial.

To start, open your completed "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" project file. (If using the completed version in the zip file above, extract the files and open "Cylinder.wbpj.")

Right-click on Fluid Flow (Fluent) and then click Duplicate. Enter "Unsteady Flow" in the highlighted field to rename it. Your Project Schematic should now appear as below.

Geometry

We can skip the geometry step, because it is the same as the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" geometry and we have already duplicated that project.

Mesh

We can skip the mesh step as well, because it is the same as the "Steady Flow Past a Cylinder" mesh and we have already duplicated that project.