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[Daniel Thompson]

Hi, I have the following contour in ansys CFD post of the heat flux in two channels. 

Is there a way to plot the graph in a 2d plane. Effectively unravelling the tubes into a plane. In addition is it possible to plot a graph of the average heat flux as it goes down the channels, convert the 2d pane into a line graph so that i can compare different geometries?

[Rob]

There's not an "unwrap" option to convert the cylindrical surface into a plane. You can write out the data with position though, and do the data manipulation elsewhere. 

 

[Daniel Thompson]

Hi Rob, how would I do this? here "write out the data with position" do you mean to export the data?

[Rob]

Yes, export the surface data. I'm not an expert (or even amateur)  in CFD Post but there will be a txt export somewhere - you'll get position & value in some form you can manipulate. If you're working in Fluent you can write out profiles or some of the File>Export>Solution Data are surfaces and human readable.