Autodesk Simulation CFD

[#1]

I will try using Inventor Fusion to load the exported parasolid. Could this offset in rotation due to the inertia offset since there is only one airfoil in the rotation region?

[#2]

This should not be the reason. The motion is independent of the geometry. One thing you can also try to get a more accurate solution is to move the rotating region further away from the airfoil.

[#3]

Marco, I increased the rotating region radius by 20 percent, but I am still seeing the gap once the rotation starts.

Please see attached pictures. The first picture shows the enlarged rotating region and the second picture shows the closeup view of the gap at the top (12 o' clock) location of the rotating region.

[#4]

Hi Max,

increasing the RR was just suggested to get a better mesh around the airfoil and keep the RR a bit away from areas of high gradients, not for the offset issue.

The gap seems to be around 0.1 ft only in y direction. Maybe you can try to move the RR in your CAD system by 0.04905 ft (got this value from the results) in negative y direction. This is for sure not elegant but may be a workaround if we stay in the tolerances for the RR calculation.

[#5]

Did you have any luck trying to import either the parasolid, acis, or step format into Fusion?

I think Marco and I might agree that the issue with the 'gap' has to do with the accuracy of the geometry from your CAD package.  

Might want to also try making the geometry in Fusion from scratch if importing translated geometry doesn't help.

-Royce

[#6]

Importing the acis format to Fusion has not been successful. I probably need to figure out how to work Fusion first. I will also try to make the geometry in Fusion if the import method fails.

I will keep you guys posted.

[#7]

Max

    Do you have more questions on this vs what we discussed with your previous case?

Let me know

Apolo