31-10-2012, 02:12 PM
Cylinder Drag Coefficient
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Flow Simulation can be used to study flow around objects and to determine the resulting
lift and drag forces on the objects due to the flow. In this example we use Flow Simulation
to determine the drag coefficient of a circular cylinder immersed in a uniform fluid
stream. The cylinder axis is oriented perpendicular to the stream.
Creating a Project
1 Click Flow Simulation, Project, Wizard. The project wizard guides you through the
definition of a new Flow Simulation project. In this project we will analyze flow over
the cylinder at the Reynolds number of 1.
2 Select Create new. In the Configuration
name box type Re 1. This is the name of
the SolidWorks configuration that will be
created for the associated Flow
Simulation project.
Click Next.