Force on a body

- April 13, 2018 at 9:36 am
  
  keith
  Subscriber
  
  When a force on a face (Force on face in Y-direction) or body (Total force in Y-direction) is calculated in Discovery Live for an internal analysis, I get an answer of zero. If I select a face of the fluid body that was automatic created, a non-zero force is given. What am I doing wrong? How do I plot a non-zero force on a body or face?
- April 18, 2018 at 11:23 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello Keith Apologies for missing out your question. If you set the fluid as Smart fluid body, you should be able to see non zero force values on body or face. To set fluid body as smart, display the fluid volume from Structure tree. Then select any fluid face, right click and select "Set as Smart Fluid Body"
  - April 24, 2018 at 7:04 am
    
    keith
    Subscriber
    
    Naresh Patre Thank you. That solves the problem.

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