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Multi-region approach

In general, this methodology allows working with any number of regions. This computational model consists of three parts (regions). We consider following regions:

 

  • rotor is rotational part of the model, fluid is flowing over rotating wheel
  • stator is static part of the model, fluid is flowing through
  • solid is solid part of the model, no flow, only temperature equation is solved, can be switched off to run just fluid flow simulation with adiabatic walls

[rotor]

[stator]

[solid]

t1 rotor 1
t1 stator 1
t1 solid 1

Figure: Three regions of computational model.

During simulation, each region is computed individually and each region communicates with other regions through special boundary conditions.