The Polyflow system launches Ansys Polyflow, allowing you to analyze fluid flows with free surfaces, complex rheology (including non-Newtonian behavior with viscoelasticity), heat transfer, and chemical reactions. Using Polyflow involves specifying the computation models inside Polydata, which is the module for problem setup; and running the calculations using the Polyflow solver. Polyflow also comes with several useful utilities, which can be accessed from the context menu on the Setup and Solution cells. For example, Polymat can be used to calculate material properties, including viscoelastic parameters based on experimental data. For more details, see the product documentation.
There are three Polyflow fluid-flow analysis systems available in Workbench:
Polyflow: Provides the full simulation capabilities of Polyflow.
Polyflow - Blow Molding: Provides only the application-specific capabilities of Polyflow that are suited to blow molding simulations.
Polyflow - Extrusion: Provides only the application-specific capabilities of Polyflow that are suited to extrusion simulations.
To work through a Polyflow system:
To add a Polyflow, Polyflow - Blow Molding, or Polyflow - Extrusion component system, drag the system from the Toolbox to the Project Schematic or double-click the system in the Toolbox.
To import a mesh, right-click the Setup cell and select Import Mesh from the context menu.
To merge, scale, translate, and rotate the mesh, right-click the Setup cell and select from the context menu.
To define your preferences for Polydata, right-click the Setup cell and select > from the context menu.
To open Polydata, double-click the Setup cell.
In Polydata, you can specify the computational models, materials, boundary conditions, and solution parameters.
Alternatively, to import a previously saved Polyflow data file, right-click the Setup cell and select from the context menu.
Optionally, to specify material data, right-click the Setup cell and select from the context menu.
To define your preferences for Polyflow, right-click the Solution cell and select > from the context menu.
To run the Polyflow calculation, right-click the Solution cell and select from the context menu.
To open the listing file to see what Polyflow has done during or after the calculation, right-click the Solution cell and select from the context menu.
To generate plots of the solution data, right-click the Solution cell and select from the context menu.
To statistically postprocess the results of the solution data, right-click the Solution cell and select from the context menu.
For detailed information on working with Polyflow, see the online documentation available under the Help menu within Polyflow. In addition, see Polyflow in Workbench User's Guide.
For information on submitting Polyflow jobs to Remote Solve Manager, see Submitting Polyflow Jobs to Remote Solve Manager.