When setting up a boundary profile for a turbomachinery case (for example, involving an inlet disturbance or blade flutter), it is sometimes necessary or convenient to perform various transformations of the profile data. As an example, you might expand a profile around the machine axis so that it can be used for a boundary condition that contains all passages of interest (more passages than in the original profile). As another example, you might want to map a profile to a new location.
To edit profile data:
Select Tools > Edit Profile Data.
The Edit Profile Data dialog box appears.
Set Source Profile to the name of the original profile file.
(You may use the file browser for this purpose, by clicking Browse
.)Set Write to Profile to the name of the file that will hold the edited profile.
(You may use the file browser for this purpose, by clicking Browse
.)To have the written profile data automatically initialized (the equivalent of selecting Tools > Initialize Profile Data and then opening the written profile using the Initialize Profile Data dialog box), leave Initialize New Profile After Writing selected.
Add one or more transformations as needed.
The following sections provide details on the profile transformation options.
Click to begin the operation.
When finished, click Close to close the dialog box.
The Apply button begins the operation but leaves the Edit Profile Data dialog box opened.
Note that if the path or filename of the source profile (as it appears in the Source Profile field) is altered, the and buttons become unavailable. You must then click to re-read the specified source profile.
The following topics are discussed:
- 7.2.1. Profile Data Expansion (Option = Expansion)
- 7.2.2. Profile Data Mapping (Option = Map to Mesh Regions)
- 7.2.3. Profile Data Expansion with Mapping (Option = Mapped Expansion)
- 7.2.4. Mapping Profile Data to a File
- 7.2.5. Modifying Spatial Fields in Profile Data
- 7.2.6. Other Profile Transformation Options