Steps of a Coupled Analysis

To create and run a coupled analysis in one of System Coupling's user interfaces, perform the following steps:

  1. Prepare for the analysis.

    1. Create a directory structure.

    2. Set up participants.

    3. Generate participant input files.

  2. Create the analysis.

    1. Add the participants.

    2. Add the coupling interface(s) and data transfers.

  3. Modify the analysis. Optionally, you can:

    1. Change data model settings.

  4. Run the analysis.

    1. Start the solution.

    2. Monitor the solution progress.

  5. Stop and restart the analysis. Optionally, you can:

    1. Stop the analysis.

    2. Modify the analysis as needed.

    3. Restart the analysis.

  6. Disconnect the GUI and then reconnect to the running analysis.

  7. Review analysis output.

    1. Review System Coupling's output.

    2. Review System Coupling's charting output, either in the GUI or in .csv output files.

    3. Load System Coupling's analysis results into EnSight for postprocessing.

    4. Review the participants' results using the method(s) recommended in the participant product documentation (for example, CFD-Post).

Note:  The steps vary slightly for a coupled analysis based on a setup exported from Workbench.