Verify the Application of Fluent-Generated Temperatures

Ensure that the temperatures generated by Fluent are the same as those consumed by the Maxwell. To verify the application of temperatures, check System Coupling's Transcript and EnSight-formatted Results files, as described in the following sections:

Review Temperatures in the Transcript

Review the Weighted Average value recorded for the Temperature transfer in the final coupling iteration to verify that the temperatures sent by Fluent match those received by Maxwell.

Figure 13: Temperatures reported in the Transcript at 20 [s]


+=============================================================================+
| COUPLING STEP = 20                        SIMULATION TIME = 2.00000E+01 [s] |
+=============================================================================+

...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                           COUPLING ITERATION = 3                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ansys Electronics Desktop           |                                       |
|   Interface: CouplingInterface 1    |                                       |
|     Temperature                     |             Converged                 |
|       RMS Change                    |     9.76E-06          4.59E-05        |
|       Weighted Average              |     8.33E+02          8.33E+02        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Visualize Temperature Results in EnSight

In EnSight, visualize the application of Fluent-generated temperatures to Maxwell's electromagnetic analysis. Use the following variables:

  • Fluent (elements): temperature__ES

  • Maxwell (elements): Temperature__ES

For consistency, adjust the palette ranges as shown in the images below.

Figure 14: Source-side and target-side Temperatures shown at 10s

Source-side and target-side Temperatures shown at 10s

Figure 15: Source-side and target-side Temperatures shown at 20s

Source-side and target-side Temperatures shown at 20s