Set up your Fluent and Maxwell coupling participants and add them to the analysis.
Set up your coupling participants and generate their coupling input files.
- Fluent Setup and Input Requirements
When setting up Fluent:
Make the Lorentz force and electrical conductivity variables (lorentz-force and electrical-conductivity, respectively) available by enabling an appropriate model (such as a battery model).
Use a UDS to define electrical conductivity as a material property.
Ensure that the variables are active on fluid volume regions.
When the setup is complete, export the .scp file and verify that it contains the above information.
- Maxwell Setup and Input Requirements
When setting up Maxwell:
Initialize data for the arc region and arc-related objects.
For the arc region, ensure that electric conductivity is spatially dependent.
For arc-related objects that have temperature-dependent materials, define initial temperatures.
Assign an arc current.
When the setup is complete, generate the .scp file and verify that it contains the above information.
Add the Fluent and Maxwell participants as described in Adding the Participants.
Note that if the analysis is steady, it is an iteration-based analysis so long as all participants support this. For more information, see Steady Analysis Type.