ANSYS FLUENT 12.0-12.1 User Documentation Errata

ANSYSFLUENT12.0/12.1UserDocumentationErrataOctober2009Copyrightc2009byANSYS,Inc.AllRightsReserved.NopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedorotherwiseusedinanyformwithoutexpresswrittenpermissionfromANSYS,Inc.Airpak,MechanicalAPDL,Workbench,AUTODYN,CFX,FIDAP,FloWizard,FLUENT,GAMBIT,Iceboard,Icechip,Icemax,Icepak,Icepro,Icewave,MixSim,POLYFLOW,TGrid,andanyandallANSYS,Inc.brand,product,serviceandfeaturenames,logosandslogansareregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofANSYS,Inc.oritssubsidiarieslocatedintheUnitedStatesorothercountries.Allotherbrand,product,serviceandfeaturenamesortrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.CATIAV5isaregisteredtrademarkofDassaultSyst`emes.CHEMKINisaregisteredtrademarkofReactionDesignInc.PortionsofthisprogramincludematerialcopyrightedbyPathScaleCorporation2003-2004.ANSYS,Inc.iscertifiedtoISO9001:2008Seetheon-linedocumentationforthecompleteLegalNoticesforANSYSproprietarysoftwareandthird-partysoftware.IfyouareunabletoaccesstheLegalNotice,contactANSYS,Inc.Contents1Introduction1-12TheoryGuideErrata2-12.1HeatExchangers(Chapter6)........................2-12.1.1DualCellModelTheory(Section6.2.2)..............2-12.2CompositionPDFTransport(Chapter11).................2-12.2.1TheISATAlgorithm(Section11.3.4)...............2-12.3MultiphaseFlows(Chapter16).......................2-22.3.1ConservationEquations(Section16.5.3)..............2-22.3.2InterphaseExchangeCoefficients(Section16.5.4).........2-22.3.3DescriptionofHeatTransfer(Section16.5.10)...........2-32.4ReportingAlphanumericData(Chapter20)................2-32.4.1FluxesThroughBoundaries(Section20.1).............2-33User’sGuideErrata3-13.1GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)(Chapter2)................3-23.1.1UsingtheGUIHelpSystem(Section2.3).............3-23.1.2AccessingtheUserServicesCenterWebSite(Section2.3.9)andAc-cessingtheOnlineTechnicalSupportWebSite(Section2.3.10).3-33.1.3Lists(Section3.2.6).........................3-33.2ReadingandWritingFiles(Chapter4)...................3-43.2.1MechanicalAPDLFiles(Section4.14.2)..............3-43.2.2FieldviewUnstructuredFiles(Section4.14.12)..........3-53.3CellZoneandBoundaryConditions(Chapter7).............3-53.3.1PorousMediaConditions(Section7.2.3)..............3-5Release12.0/12.1cANSYS,Inc.September29,2009TOC-1CONTENTS3.3.2GeneralNon-ReflectingBoundaryConditions(Section7.4.2)..3-63.4PhysicalProperties(Chapter8).......................3-63.4.1FullMulticomponentDiffusion(Section8.9.2)...........3-63.5ModelingBasicFluidFlow(Chapter9)..................3-63.5.1OverviewandLimitations(Section9.2.1).............3-63.6ModelingHeatTransfer(Chapter13)....................3-73.6.1SettingUptheS2SModel(Section13.3.3)............3-73.6.2DefiningBoundaryConditionsforRadiation(Section13.3.6)..3-73.6.3SolarLoadModel(Section13.3.9).................3-73.7ModelingHeatExchangers(Chapter14)..................3-83.7.1Restrictions(Section14.2.1)....................3-83.8UsingtheSolver(Chapter26)........................3-93.8.1AutomaticInitializationoftheSolutionandCaseModification(Sec-tion26.15)..............................3-93.9FieldFunctionDefinitions(Chapter31)..................3-103.9.1AlphabeticalListingofFieldVariablesandTheirDefinitions(Section31.4).................................3-103.10ParallelProcessing(Chapter32)......................3-103.10.1UsingthePartitioningandLoadBalancingDialogBox(Section32.5.5)3-103.11ANSYSFLUENTModelCompatibility(AppendixA)...........3-113.11.1ANSYSFLUENTModelCompatibilityChart(SectionA.1)....3-113.12CaseandDataFileFormats(AppendixB).................3-113.12.1Faces(SectionB.3.7)........................3-113.12.2Residuals(SectionB.5.3)......................3-124TaskPageReferenceGuideErrata4-14.1PowerLawDialogBox(Section33.4.14)..................4-14.2MeshMethodSettingsDialogBox(Section33.9.1).............4-25MenuReferenceGuideErrata5-15.1File/SolutionFiles...MenuItem(Section34.1.63).............5-1TOC-2Release12.0/12.1cANSYS,Inc.September29,2009CONTENTS6UDFManualErrata6-16.1DEFINEMacros(Chapter2).........................6-16.1.1DEFINEPROPERTYMacros(Section2.3.16).............6-16.1.2DEFINEDPMDRAGMacros(Section2.5.3)..............6-17PopulationBalanceModuleManualErrata7-17.1UsingtheANSYSFLUENTPopulationBalanceModel)(Chapter3)..7-17.1.1EnablingthePopulationBalanceModel(Section3.3.1).....7-18FuelCellModulesManualErrata8-18.1UsingtheSolidOxideFuelCellWithUnresolvedElectrolyteModel(Chapter4).......................................8-18.1.1SolidOxideFuelCellWithUnresolvedElectrolyteModuleSetUpProcedure(Section4.3).......................8-1Release12.0/12.1cANSYS,Inc.September29,2009TOC-3CONTENTSTOC-4Release12.0/12.1cANSYS,Inc.September29,2009Chapter1.IntroductionThisdocumentcontainsinformationaboutknownerrorsintheANSYSFLUENT12.0/12.1documentationset.PleasenotethatonlysomeguideshavebeenupdatedfortheANSYSFLUENT12.1documentationset.CorrectionstotheANSYSFLUENT12.0/12.1documentationmanualsarenotedintheerratadocumentslistedbelow:•Chapter2:TheoryGuideErrata•Chapter3:User’sGuideErrata•Chapter4:TaskPageReferenceGuideErrat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