33.14.6 Surface Monitor Dialog Box

The Surface Monitor dialog box allows you to save the convergence history of the average, integral, flow rate, or mass average (among other quantities) of a field variable on one or more surfaces. You can also use the Surface Monitor dialog box define what each surface monitor is tracking. See Section  26.13.4 for details about the items below.

Controls

Name   specifies the name of the surface monitor.

Options   contains parameters used in saving monitor data.

Print to Console   specifies whether or not to print the data from each surface monitor in the console window.

Plot   specifies whether or not to plot the data from each surface monitor in the graphics window.

Window   sets the window ID in which the plot will be drawn. When ANSYS FLUENT is iterating, the active graphics window is temporarily set to this window to update the surface monitoring plot, and then returned to its previous value. Thus, the surface monitor plot can be maintained in a separate window that does not interfere with other graphical postprocessing.

Curves...   opens the Curves dialog box to modify the attributes of the data curves.

Axes...   opens the Axes dialog box to modify the attributes of the axes.

Write   specifies whether or not to write the data from each surface monitor to a file.

If you choose not to save the surface integration data in a file, this information will be lost when you exit the current ANSYS FLUENT session.

File Name   specifies the name of the file to which the surface data is written.

X Axis   specifies the $x$-axis function against which monitored data will be plotted or written. Available options are Iteration, Time Step, and Flow Time (elapsed time).

Get Data Every   indicates the frequency at which you want to plot, print, or write the surface monitor. A default value of 1 will allow you to monitor at every Iteration or Time Step. Time Step is a valid choice only if you are calculating unsteady flow. See Section  26.13.4 for details.

Report Type   selects the integration method used on the selected surfaces. The available report types are the same as those in the Surface Integrals dialog box. See Section  30.6 for details.

Field Variable   contains a list of solution variables that can be monitored on the selected surfaces. This list will be deactivated if you select Mass Flow Rate or Volume Flow Rate as the Report Type.

Phase   contains a list of all of the phases in the problem that you have defined. This is available when the VOF, mixture, or Eulerian multiphase model is enabled.

Surfaces   contains a selectable list of the current surfaces.

New Surface   is a drop-down list button that contains a list of surface options:

Point   opens the Point Surface dialog box.

Line/Rake   opens the Line/Rake Surface dialog box.

Plane   opens the Plane Surface dialog box.

Quadric   opens the Quadric Surface dialog box.

Iso-Surface   opens the Iso-Surface dialog box.

Iso-Clip   opens the Iso-Clip dialog box.