33.6.2 Solid Dialog Box

The Solid dialog box sets the boundary conditions for a solid cell zone. It is opened from the Cell Zone Conditions task page. See Section  7.2.2 for details about the items below.

Controls

Zone Name   sets the name of the zone.

Material Name   selects the material type of the solid. Materials are defined with the Materials task page.

Source Terms   enables the specification of a volumetric source of energy. When you turn on this option, the Source Term tab will allow you to input the value for the energy source. See Section  7.2.5 for details.

Fixed Values   enables the fixing of the value of temperature in the solid zone, rather than computing it during the calculation. See Section  7.2.4 for details.

You can fix the value of temperature only if you are using the pressure-based solver.

Participates In Radiation   specifies whether or not the solid zone participates in radiation. This option appears when you are using the DO model for radiation.

Motion   lists the parameters that define motion.

Rotation-Axis Origin   specifies the origin for the axis of rotation of solid zone. See Section  7.2.2 for details. This item will appear only for 3D and 2D non-axisymmetric models.

Rotation-Axis Direction   specifies the direction vector for the solid zone's axis of rotation. See Section  7.2.2 for details. This item will appear only for 3D models.

Motion Type   specifies zone motion for a rotating or translating reference frame or for a sliding zone in a sliding mesh problem. The default selection of Stationary indicates that the zone is not moving. To define the motion of a moving reference frame for the zone, select Moving Reference Frame and specify the items below in the expanded portion of the dialog box. See Section  10.7 10.10.1, or 10.10.2 for details. To define zone motion for a moving (sliding) mesh, select Moving Mesh and set the appropriate parameters below. See Section  11.2.2 for details.

Rotational Velocity   contains an input field for the rotational Speed of the zone. This item will appear if you select Moving Reference Frame or Moving Mesh in the Motion Type list.

Translational Velocity   contains inputs for the X, Y, and Z velocities of the zone. This item will appear if you select Moving Reference Frame or Moving Mesh in the Motion Type list.

Source Term   lists the parameters for volumetric source of energy.

Energy   displays the total number of energy sources used.

User Scalar n   displays the total number of scalars used.

Fixed Values   lists the parameters that can be declared as fixed during the calculation.

Temperature   specifies the fixed value for temperature.

User Scalar n   specifies the fixed value for user scalar.