Step 4: Materials

Materials

1.   Specify air (the default material) as the fluid material, using the ideal gas law to compute density.

Materials air Create/Edit...

(a)   Retain the default entry of air in the Name text entry field.

(b)   Select ideal-gas from the Density drop-down list in the Properties group box.

(c)   Retain the default values for all other properties.

(d)   Click Change/Create and close the Create/Edit Materials dialog box.

  As reported in the console, ANSYS FLUENT will automatically enable the energy equation, since this is required when using the ideal gas law to compute the density of the fluid.