DPM simulation: When there is wind, the particles do not eject properly, how can I fix it?
Hello,
I am very new to Ansys and I am trying to make a cough simulation and I want to add wind to my simulation, but when I add wind, the air goes into the mouth and prevents particles from ejecting.
Here is the result when there is no wind:
(The highlighted surface is the wind inlet, inlet velocity = 0)
And here are the results when there is wind:
Particles:
(wind 🔝)
I have tried different wind velocities, but the result didn't change. I have tried to change the DPM setting for almost all surfaces, couldn't find a solution. Here is my setup:
Time: Transient
Gravity: -9.81 m/s^2
Energy: on
Species Transport: on
k-epsilon Model, Realizable
Discrete Phase settings:
-Interaction with continuous flow: on
-Injections:
--Injection 1 (surface)
---Material: mixture template
---Velocity: 10 m/s
---Start/Stop: 0-1 s
---Diameter: 5e-6 m (uniform)
---Mass flow: 5e-6 kg/s
---H2O mass fraction: 0.012
---Evaporating species: H2O
--Injection 2 (surface)
---Material: mixture template
---Velocity: 4.2 m/s
---Start/Stop: 0-1 s
---Diameter-> min: 77e-6m, max: 737e-6 m, mean: 170e-6 m
---Mass flow: 5e-6 kg/s
---H2O mass fraction: 0.012
---Evaporating species: H2O
Boundary Conditions
-Cough inlet:
Velocity: 10 m/s
DPM: escape
-Breath inlet
Velocity: -4.2 m/s
DPM: escape
-Wind inlet
Velocity: 4 m/s
DPM: escape
-Human models DPM: Trap
-Floor DPM: Trap
-Other surfaces DPM: Escape
Initialization: Hybrid
Answers
It is not clear from the pictures how the tracks are looking?
In the console type /report des no yes no and screenshot the output.
Here is another picture of the pathlines of the wind. The wind is coming from -x to +x
What is the zone ID of the surface where the particles are coming from?
id=10
Okay so no particles escaped there: all particles are swept away by the gas flow: seems consistent!
Moreover why using multicomponent particle if only one component for particle is used? Or are you using many other non condensable components?
Because I wanted to model saliva, which contains water, glycerine and NaCl (mass ratio is 100:76:12), but I couldn't model it on Ansys.
you can model it via multicomponent particles.