Heat transfer between fluid and solid

- January 3, 2023 at 3:45 pm
  
  Shuttle
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  I am simulating a gap between rotor and stator. Oil is flowing in between, my domain is just the fluid, and the walls are having a constant temperature with thickness and shell conduction enabled. I don't understand the heat transfer from FLUENT. Is it then only unidirectional or bidirectional? I want both things to get influenced by changing temperature, oil and walls (based on their thermal conductivity). Should I always need solid domain? can fluent based on material and thickness simulate heat transfer two ways?
  
  Thank you for any suggestions!
- January 4, 2023 at 1:28 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  Heat will transfer hot to cold. If you've fixed the temperature of both sides of the fluid channel then the fluid temperature will adjust to suit the wall conditions.
  What are you values are you setting, and what are you seeing? Posting images will help figure out what's going on.

Viewing 1 reply thread

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

Ansys Innovation Space

Earth Rescue – An Ansys Online Series

The climate crisis is here. But so is the human ingenuity to fight it. Earth Rescue reveals what visionary companies are doing today to engineer radical new ideas in the fight against climate change. Click here to watch the first episode.

Ansys Blog

Subscribe to the Ansys Blog to get great new content about the power of simulation delivered right to your email on a weekly basis. With content from Ansys experts, partners and customers you will learn about product development advances, thought leadership and trends and tips to better use Ansys tools. Sign up here.

Trending discussions