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[informalthree]

Hello, I am a student doing research on the performance of airfoils using ANSYS STUDENT FLUENT.

If this helps, I am using a gaming laptop (Acer Predator Helios 300, 16 GB ram, RTX 3060, i5-11400H).

For some context:

-I am able to open the workshop and drag the FLUENT component.

-I am able to open DesignModeler for the geometry and successfully create my model

-I am able to open Meshing and successfully create my mesh.

From here, whenever I double-click the setup to open FLUENT, the FLUENT window opens up briefly. The console then shows this message and error:

Unable to connect to external socket: Error during socket creation

Opening output file:"SolutionResult.xml"

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Build Time: Nov 29 2021 12:10:23 EST Build Id: 10213

Connected License Server List:

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This is a student version of ANSYS FLUENT. Usage of this product

license is limited to the terms and conditions specified in your ANSYS

license form, additional terms section.

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Host spawning Node 0 on machine "InformalThree" (win64).

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ID Hostname Core O.S. PID Vendor

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n0 InformalThree 1/12 Windows-x64 19428 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz

host InformalThree Windows-x64 8296 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz

MPI Option Selected: intel

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Cleanup script file is C:Userscleanup-fluent-InformalThree-8296.bat

No error handler available

Error: Cortex received a fatal signal (SEGMENTATION VIOLATION).

Error Object: ()

FLUENT does not go beyond this point. After a few seconds, the workshop then tells me that "The FLUENT application failed to start".

Note that FLUENT worked for me late 2021 to early 2022 for a different research.

WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM

-Our university recently acquired a license for the full version of ANSYS. I tried installing it, but failed mid-way due to some license manager complications.

-I uninstalled the licensed version (using only the uninstaller) and kept the student version

WHAT I HAVE DONE THUS FAR

-Uninstalled ANSYS STUDENT using the uninstaller. I also deleted the ANSYS folder using the command prompt.

-Reinstalled ANSYS STUDENT, but still get the same error.

-Tried running my files on my old laptop (HP laptop, 16 gb ram, GTX 950m, i7-6700HQ), and FLUENT runs!

Tried having my friend run the files on his laptop (i3 only) , and it runs as well!

What could be the problem? What should I do?

[Rob]

Short answer is we're aware of a problem, and
Unable to connect to external socket: Error during socket creation
is the error. This doesn't seem to be restricted to Student, Academic or Commercial licences.
Solution - Fluent works fine in standalone mode which is the short term workaround. Build the geometry & mesh as normal, and in Meshing look in File-Export, you want a Fluent mesh (.msh) file.