A single boundary condition region of type INLET.

A single boundary condition region of type OUTLET.

Choose between Compression, Expansion, and Both Compression and Expansion.

For more information, see Activating Efficiency Output

For each of the efficiency types, two efficiency calculation options are possible: Total to Total and Total to Static.

For more information, see Isentropic Efficiency and Total Enthalpy

This list box is used to select monitor point and expression objects for editing or deletion. These objects can be created or deleted with the icons that appear beside the list box.

(applies only when Option is set to Cartesian Coordinates or Cylindrical Coordinates)

Select the variables to monitor.

(applies only when Option is set to Cartesian Coordinates)

Enter coordinates for the point location to monitor.

(applies only when Option is set to Cylindrical Coordinates)

Enter coordinates for the point location to monitor in terms of Position Axial Comp., Position Radial Comp., and Position Theta Comp. values.

(applies only when Option is set to Expression)

Enter a CEL expression that evaluates to a single number that is to be monitored.

Set the coordinate frame used for the monitor point or expression; for details, see Coordinate Frames in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

For a monitor point that uses Cartesian or cylindrical coordinates, the coordinate frame is used to interpret the specified coordinates.

For a monitor point that uses an expression, the coordinate frame is applied to any and all vector results of eligible CEL functions (for example, force_x()) included in the expression. Note that most CEL functions return a scalar value; the results of these functions are not transformed using the monitor point's coordinate frame. In order to control the coordinate system used for inputs to a CEL function, consider defining a vector Additional Variable, defined by the components of another vector in a chosen coordinate system. For example, using the following definition of Additional Variable VelCoord1, you could provide, as inputs to a CEL function, velocity components in coordinate frame CoordPorous:

LIBRARY:
  ADDITIONAL VARIABLE: VelCoord1
    Option = Definition
    Tensor Type = VECTOR
    Units = [m s^-1 ]
    Variable Type = Unspecified
  END
END
FLOW:
  DOMAIN: FluidDomain
    FLUID MODELS:
      ADDITIONAL VARIABLE: VelCoord1
        Option = Vector Algebraic Equation
        Vector xValue = Velocity_x_CoordPorous
        Vector yValue = Velocity_y_CoordPorous
        Vector zValue = Velocity_z_CoordPorous
      END
    END
  END
  DOMAIN: PorousDomain
    FLUID MODELS:
      ADDITIONAL VARIABLE: VelCoord1
        Option = Vector Algebraic Equation
        Vector xValue = Velocity_x_CoordPorous
        Vector yValue = Velocity_y_CoordPorous
        Vector zValue = Velocity_z_CoordPorous
      END
    END
  END
  OUTPUT CONTROL:
    MONITOR OBJECTS:
      MONITOR POINT: vAveAV
        Coord Frame = Coord 0
        Expression Value = volumeAve(VelCoord1_y)@PorousDomain
        Option = Expression
      END
    END
  END

(applies only when Option is set to Cartesian Coordinates or Cylindrical Coordinates)

Monitor Location Control settings determine where the monitor is placed with respect to the mesh, and how often the monitor position is updated. The following Monitor Location Control options are available:

(applies only when Option is set to Expression)

You can select one or more statistical quantities (for example, Arithmetic Average and Standard Deviation) to be evaluated for the expression value over a moving interval. This interval represents the recent history of the solution. When you run the simulation, CFX-Solver computes the statistical quantities in addition to the expression value.

The following Monitor Statistics options are available:

This list box is used to select aerodynamic damping monitor objects for editing or deletion. These objects can be created or deleted with the icons that appear beside the list box.

Enter a value and units for normalization of the aerodynamic damping value. The aerodynamic damping value, which has units of energy and represents the work done per period, is normalized by the specified normalization value, which also has units of energy, resulting in a dimensionless normalized value of aerodynamic damping.

Specify a mesh region or a boundary that represents the surface over which integration is carried out as part of the aerodynamic damping calculation. Only boundaries that have a Periodic Displacement mesh motion option (as specified on the Boundary Details tab), or mesh regions that are used in such boundaries, may be selected.

Enter an integer that multiplies with the period of mesh motion to yield the Integration Interval.

This is a read-only value indicating the size of the time interval over which integration is carried out as part of the aerodynamic damping calculation. It is equal to the period of mesh motion multiplied by the specified Integration Multiplier. The period of mesh motion is the inverse of the Frequency value specified on the Boundary Details tab (see Periodic Displacement in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide) for the boundary over which integration is carried out as part of the aerodynamic damping calculation.

This list box is used to select radiometer objects for editing or deletion. These objects can be created or deleted with the icons that appear beside the list box.

Enter Cartesian coordinates that describe the location of the radiometer. These coordinates are interpreted in the coordinate frame associated with the radiometer. For details, see Coordinate Frames and also Coordinate Frames in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

Enter the temperature of the radiometer.

Enter the number of rays used for ray tracing from the radiometer.

This check box determines whether the coordinate frame used to interpret the location and direction specifications of the radiometer will be specified or left at the default of Coord 0.

Select a coordinate frame to interpret location and direction specifications of the radiometer. For details, see Coordinate Frames and also Coordinate Frames in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

This check box determines whether the diagnostic output level will be specified or left at the default of 0.

Enter a number greater than zero. The CFX-Solver will write the ray traces to a series of polylines in a .csv file that can be visualized in CFD-Post. This can be used to determine if the number of quadrature points is optimal. For details, see Radiometers in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.

(applies only when Monitor Objects check box: Radiometer: [Radiometer Name]: Direction: Option is set to Cartesian Components)

Enter a numerical quantity or CEL expression for each Cartesian component of a direction vector that represents the orientation of the radiometer.

This list box is used to select Monitor Surface objects for editing or deletion. Monitor Surface objects can be created or deleted with the icons that appear beside the list box.

Only User Locations can be used to define a Monitor Surface.

Select a coordinate frame to define the Monitor Surface in. To create a new coordinate frame, see Creating a New Coordinate Frame. By specifying a coordinate frame that rotates, the monitor surface will effectively remain stationary relative to that frame, and rotate relative to the global frame. This enables simpler live monitoring and post-processing for cases with rotating domains.

See Output Variables List.

Select the output variables to write to the results file at the Monitor Surface location. Conservative values for these variables will be interpolated from the volume data onto the Monitor Surface.

Choose the User Location to write solution data from.

See File Compression.

See Output Frequency Options.

This behaves in the same way as the Backup Data Retention option on the Backup tab but only applies to monitor location data files.