Minor losses are the pressure losses attributed to the fluid flowing through fittings, valves, bends, elbows, tees, inlets, exits, enlargements and contractions. Mathematically, minor losses are accounted for through the resistance coefficient, or K factor.
Note: By default, the software calculates an estimation for the minor losses and incorporates these into the simulation calculations.
This task is valid for the following mesh types:
3D
Dual Domain
Midplane
and assumes you have imported a model of a cooling circuit and meshed it.
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- In a Coolant Flow analysis
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- In the Process Settings Wizard - Coolant Flow Settings dialog, click the down arrow associated with Minor Loss, and select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu.
- In a Cool analysis
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- In the Process Settings Wizard - Coolant (FEM) Settings dialog, click Cool Solver Parameters.
- In the Cool Solver Parameters dialog, click the down arrow associated with Minor Loss, and select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu.
- In a Cool (FEM) analysis
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- In the Process Settings Wizard - Coolant (FEM) Settings dialog, click Cool (FEM) Solver Parameters
- In the Cool (FEM) Solver Parameters dialog, click the down arrow associated with Minor Loss, and select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu.
- Click OK to close the dialog, and continue with other analysis setup tasks.