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Sr. No. 1. Fluid Element Type FLUID 29 Acoustic Fluid FLUID 30 Acoustic Fluid Number of DOF 3 DOF Details UX,UY, PRESS UX, UY, UZ, PRES

CFD TUTORIAL 4
Number of Nodes 4 Class of Problems Figure Space Dimension 2-D

Sound wave propogation and submerged structure dynamics Sound wave propagation and submerged structure dynamics

2.

3-D

3.

FLUID 38 Dynamic Fluid FLUID 79 Contained Fluid

UX, UY, UZ

Represent a dynamic coupling between two points of a structure.

3-D

4.

UX,UY

Model fluids contained within vessels having no net flow rate. The fluid element is particularly well suited for calculating hydrostatic pressures and fluid/solid interactions

2-D

5.

FLUID 80 Contained Fluid

UX,UY, UZ

Model fluids contained within vessels having no net flow rate. The fluid element is particularly well suited for calculating hydrostatic pressures and fluid/solid interactions.

3-D

6.

FLUID 81 Axisymmetr ic Harmonic Contained Fluid

UX,UY, UZ

Model fluids contained within vessels having no net flow rate. element is used in a structural analysis as an axisymmetric ring element.

2-D

7.

FLUID 116 Coupled Thermal Fluid Pipe FLUID 129 Infinite Acoustic

PRESS, TEMP

Ability to conduct heat and transmit fluid between its two primary nodes.

3-D

8.

PRESS

Realizes a second-order absorbing boundary condition so that an outgoing pressure wave reaching the boundary of the model is "absorbed" with minimal

2-D

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reflections back into the fluid domain. The element can be used to model the boundary of 2-D (planar or axisymmetric) fluid regions and as such, it is a line element; it has two nodes with one pressure degree of freedom per node

9.

FLUID 130 Infinite Acoustic

PRESS

Realizes a second-order absorbing boundary condition so that an outgoing pressure wave reaching the boundary of the model is "absorbed" with minimal reflections back into the fluid domain. The element can be used to model the boundary of 3-D fluid regions and as such, it is a plane surface element; it has four nodes with one pressure degrees of freedom per node

3-D

10.

FLUID 136 Squeeze Film Fluid

PRESS

4,8

Models viscous fluid flow behavior in small gaps between fixed surfaces and structures moving perpendicular to the fixed surfaces.

3-D

11.

FLUID 138 Viscous Fluid Link

PRESS

Models the viscous fluid flow behavior through short channels (i.e., holes) in microstructures moving perpendicular to fixed surfaces

3-D

12.

FLUID 139 Slide Film Fluid

UX,UY, UZ

2,32

Uniaxial element which models the fluid behavior between a sliding surface and a fixed wall.

3-D

13.

FLUID 141 2-D FluidThermal

14.

FLUID 142 Thermal Fluid

VX, VY, VZ, PRES, TEMP, ENKE, ENDS VX, VY, VZ, PRES, TEMP, ENKE, ENDS

Model transient or steady state fluid/thermal systems that involve fluid and/or non-fluid regions.

2-D

Model transient or steady state fluid/thermal systems that involve fluid and/or non-fluid regions.

3-D

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15. FLUID 220 Acoustic Fluid 4 UX,UY, UZ, PRESS

CFD TUTORIAL 4
20 It is used for modeling the fluid medium and the interface in fluid/structure interaction problems. Typical applications include sound wave propagation and submerged structure dynamics 3-D

16.

FLUID 221 Acoustic Fluid

UX, UY, UZ, PRES

10

used for modeling the fluid medium and the interface in fluidstructure interaction problems. Typical applications include sound wave propagation and submerged structure dynamics.

3-D