Tutorial: Manifold

In this tutorial, we simulate the air flow distribution through a manifold with three outlet ports.

The geometry consists of an inlet tube, three outlet tubes, and a distribution chamber:

Our goal is to understand the effects of removing one of the outlet ports. After running the initial scenario, we will clone the design, return to the CAD model to remove the outlet, and update the new design.

In the second design of this study, we remove the middle outlet tube, and compare the resultant flow distribution with the original design. We use the Design Review Center to study the effects on the flow of removing the outlet and the Critical Values table to assess the effect on the flow rates and to plot the data.

Key Topics

• Incompressible flow without heat transfer
• Using right-click menus
• Using quick edit dialogs
• Using boundary conditions to pre-define Summary Planes
• Cloning a design
• Modifying geometry and updating a design
• Dealing with lost settings
• Capturing Summary Images
• Comparing results in the Design Review Center
• Creating Summary Planes
• Comparing results on Summary Planes with Critical Values

Goals

• Visualize and compare the flow from two design scenarios
• Compare the resultant volume flow rates from the two design scenarios

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