Step 4: Materials

Materials

  The default properties for water defined in ANSYS FLUENT are suitable for this problem. In this step, you will make sure that this material is available for selecting in future steps.

1.   Add water to the list of fluid materials by copying it from the ANSYS FLUENT materials database.

Materials Fluid Create/Edit...

(a)   Click FLUENT Database... in the Create/Edit Materials dialog box to open the FLUENT Database Materials dialog box.

i.   Select water-liquid (h2o $<$l $>$) in the Fluent Fluid Materials selection list.

  Scroll down the list to find water-liquid (h2o $<$l $>$). Selecting this item will display the default properties in the dialog box.

ii.   Click Copy and close the Fluent Database Materials dialog box.

  The Create/Edit Materials dialog box will now display the copied properties for water-liquid.

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