33.4.2 FLUENT Database Materials Dialog Box

The FLUENT Database Materials dialog box is opened by clicking on the FLUENT Database... button in the Create/Edit Materials dialog box. In this dialog box you can view the global (site-wide) material properties database and copy materials from this database to the local materials list in the solver. See Section  8.1.2 for details.

  There are two dialog boxes with the name FLUENT Database Materials. The other dialog box is opened from the Species Model dialog box.

Controls

FLUENT Fluid Materials   contains a list of all materials of the selected Material Type that are defined in the database. The name of this list will change depending on the selected material type (e.g., fluid, solid, etc.). You can select one or more of these materials to be copied to the solver.

Material Type   is a drop-down list containing all of the available material types. By default, fluid and solid will be the only choices. If you are modeling species transport/combustion, mixture will also be available. For problems in which you have defined discrete-phase injections, inert-particle, droplet-particle, and/or combusting-particle will also appear.

Order Materials by   allows you to order the materials in the Materials list alphabetically by Name or alphabetically by Chemical Formula.

Copy Materials from Case...   opens the Copy Case Material dialog box.

Delete   deletes the selected materials from the database.

Properties   contains fields for the material properties that are defined for the selected material. These fields are for informational purposes only; they cannot be edited.

When you are viewing the database, not all properties displayed are relevant to your ANSYS FLUENT solution. After you copy the material, only properties with relevance to the current physical models will be displayed.

Copy   copies the current material from the global database to the local materials list in the solver.