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Contents1GettingStarted1-11.1Introduction........................1-11.2ProgramStructure.....................1-21.3OverviewofUsingPOLYFLOW..............1-51.3.1PlanningYourPOLYFLOWAnalysis......1-51.3.2ProblemSolvingSteps..............1-51.4BasicConcepts.......................1-71.4.1TasksandSub-Tasks...............1-71.4.2SubdomainsandBoundarySets.........1-111.4.3BoundaryConditions...............1-131.5StartingPOLYDATA,POLYFLOW,andFLUENT/Post.1-161.5.1StartingPOLYDATA...............1-161.5.2StartingPOLYFLOW...............1-161.5.3StartingFLUENT/Post..............1-171.6ManagingPOLYFLOWProjectsUsingPOLYMAN...1-181.6.1StartingPOLYMAN................1-191.6.2OverviewofthePOLYMANInterface......1-191.6.3CreatingaNewProject,Simulation,orGAMBITBranch.......................1-231.6.4OpeninganExistingProject...........1-25cFluentInc.December14,2001TOC-1CONTENTS1.6.5ImportingFilesintoaProject..........1-251.6.6ExportingFiles..................1-281.6.7CopyingandDeletingFiles............1-291.6.8StartingPOLYDATA,POLYFLOW,andOtherPro-grams........................1-291.6.9SettingOptionsforPOLYDATAandPOLYFLOW1-331.6.10ConvertingaGAMBITNeutralFile.......1-371.6.11ViewingaListingFile...............1-371.6.12ObtainingInformationaboutaProjectorSimula-tion.........................1-381.6.13GettingHelp....................1-381.6.14ExitingPOLYMAN................1-391.7AccessingthePOLYFLOWManuals...........1-401.7.1ViewingtheManuals...............1-401.7.2PrintingtheManuals...............1-461.8SampleSession.......................1-491.8.1ProblemDescription...............1-491.8.2OutlineofProcedure...............1-491.8.3CreatingaNewProject,StartingPOLYDATA,andReadingtheMesh.................1-521.8.4CreatingaTask..................1-581.8.5CreatingaSub-TaskandSpecifyingitsDomain1-581.8.6DeningMaterialPropertiesfortheFluid...1-621.8.7DeningFlowBoundaryConditions.......1-651.8.8DeningtheRemeshing..............1-761.8.9AssigningtheStreamFunctionValue......1-82TOC-2cFluentInc.December14,2001CONTENTS1.8.10SavingtheDataFileandExitingfromPOLYDATA1-851.8.11CalculatingaSolutionwithPOLYFLOW....1-881.8.12ExaminingtheResultswithFLUENT/Post...1-881.9The.p3rcCongurationFile...............1-921.9.1SettingUpYour.p3rcFiles...........1-921.9.2Keywordsinthe.p3rcFile...........1-932UserInterface2-12.1ThePOLYDATAGraphicalUserInterface........2-12.1.1ThePOLYDATAMenu..............2-22.1.2TheGraphicsDisplayWindow..........2-42.1.3TheGraphicsDisplayOptionsMenu.......2-42.2UserInterfaceforOtherModules.............2-63ReadingandWritingFiles3-13.1FilesWrittenandReadbyPOLYDATAandPOLYFLOW3-13.2ReadingMeshInformationintoPOLYDATA.......3-23.2.1MeshFilesCreatedbyPOLYMESHorConvertedbyPOLYDATA.....................3-23.2.2MeshFilesCreatedbyOtherPrograms.....3-23.3ReadingandWritingPOLYDATADataFiles......3-43.3.1WritingaDataFile................3-43.3.2ReadingaDataFileintoPOLYDATA......3-53.3.3ContentsoftheDataFile.............3-63.4ReadingandWritingPOLYDATASessionFiles.....3-63.5ReadingMesh,Data,andResultsFilesintoPOLYFLOW3-7cFluentInc.December14,2001TOC-3CONTENTS3.5.1ReadingaDataFileintoPOLYFLOW......3-73.5.2StartingaPOLYFLOWCalculationfromanExistingResultsFile....................3-83.5.3StartinganEvolutionorTime-DependentCalcula-tionfromExistingResultsandRestartFiles..3-93.6WritingaPOLYFLOWResultsFile............3-103.7WritingaPOLYFLOWListingFile............3-103.7.1SavingPOLYFLOWMessagestoaListingFile.3-103.7.2ControllingtheAmountofInformationintheListingFile.........................3-113.7.3ContentsofaSampleListingFile........3-113.8ExportingFilesforPostprocessing............3-233.8.1ExportingMeshandSolutionData.......3-233.8.2SavingDataataSpeciedPoint.........3-283.8.3OutputforTime-DependentandEvolutionCalcula-tions........................3-303.9FilenameSyntax......................3-313.9.1NamingConventions...............3-314UnitSystems4-14.1OverviewofUnits.....................4-14.2ConvertingtoaNewUnitSystem............4-24.3RestrictionsonUnits...................4-45Meshes5-15.1MeshTopologies......................5-15.1.1ExamplesofAcceptableMeshTopologies....5-3TOC-4cFluentInc.December14,2001CONTENTS5.1.2ChoosingtheAppropriateMeshType......5-35.2MeshesCreatedwithGAMBIT..............5-65.2.1SubdomainsinGAMBIT.............5-75.2.2BoundarySetsinGAMBIT............5-75.2.3DeningPMeshesinGAMBIT..........5-85.3MeshesCreatedwithPOLYCEM/POWERMESH....5-95.4MeshesCreatedwithPATRANorI-DEAS........5-95.4.1ElementandNodeNumbering..........5-105.4.2Jacobians......................5-105.4.3Subdomains....................5-115.4.4BoundarySets...................5-115.4.5ElementsofMixedDimensionandPMeshGenera-tion.........................5-125.4.6NotesforI-DEASMasterSeriesUsers......5-125.5MeshesCreatedwithPOLYMESH............5-135.5.12DMeshes.....................5-135.5.23DMeshes.....................5-145.5.3ElementNumbering................5-145.6MeshDecompositionandOptimization.........5-155.6.1AbouttheOptimizationofElementNumbering5-155.6.2AboutDomainDecomposition.........