20.2 Forces on Boundaries

For selected wall zones, you can compute and report the forces along a specified vector, the moments about a specified center and along a specified axis, and the coordinates of the center of pressure. This feature is useful for reporting, for instance, aerodynamic quantities such as lift, drag, and moment coefficients, as well as the center of pressure for an airfoil.

For information about how ANSYS FLUENT computes forces, moments, and centers of pressure, see Section  20.2.1. Otherwise, for more information about generating a report on forces, moments, or centers of pressure, see this section in the separate User's Guide.