Fluent Aero allows you to easily explore the aerodynamic performance of aircraft from a wide range of flight regimes, from subsonic to hypersonic conditions, all within a dedicated Fluent Application Client environment. A streamlined workflow guides you through the creation of a matrix of flight conditions or design points where single and multiple flight parameters, such as angle of attack, Mach number, altitude, etc., can vary. Most common models, solvers and convergence settings of Fluent are tuned using the latest best practices for external aerodynamic problems and are available in Fluent Aero's user interface. Simulations can then be conducted in a quicker and more user-friendly environment. Furthermore, the full capabilities of the Fluent Solution workspace remain accessible when its session is displayed through the Fluent Aero ribbon’s Workspaces → button.
Note: To leverage the full capabilities of the Fluent Aero workspace, EnSight (required for the Post-Analysis feature) should be included in your Ansys installation.
Note: Fluent Aero is intended for use in simulating external flow around aerodynamic objects, with:
air as the fluid material
steady-state flow
viscous, Navier-Stokes flow
stationary (non-dynamic) meshes
a flow domain modeling freestream flow, or flow inside a wind tunnel
Therefore, the features that are available in the Fluent Aero workspace are selected based on their applicability for such purposes. When calculating a solution, many of these features make use of the relevant feature in the connected (and normally hidden) Fluent Solution workspace. The Fluent Solution workspace, however, contains many more features that are intended for a broader range of applications. There may be some features that can be accessed in the Fluent Solution workspace that may not be relevant to the Fluent Aero workspace, so care should be taken when modifying settings from the Fluent Solution workspace. To learn more about how the Fluent Aero workspace is connected to the Fluent Solution workspace, go to Fluent Aero Workspace, the Solver Session, and the Fluent Solution Workspace.