33.14.7 Volume Monitor Dialog Box

You can use the Volume Monitor dialog box to save the convergence history of the volume, sum, volume integral, mass integral, volume average, or mass average of a field variable on one or more cell zones. You can also define what each volume monitor is tracking. See Section  26.13.5 for details about the items below.

Controls

Name   specifies the name of the volume monitor.

Options   contains parameters used in saving monitor data.

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

Plot   specifies whether or not to plot the data from each volume 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 volume monitoring plot, and then returned to its previous value. Thus, the volume 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 volume monitor to a file.

If you choose not to save the volume 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 volume monitor 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 volume 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 cell zones. The available report types are the same as those in the Volume Integrals dialog box. See Section  30.7 for details.

Field Variable   contains a list of solution variables that can be monitored on the selected cell zones. This list will be deactivated if you select Volume 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.

Cell Zones   contains a selectable list of the current cell zones.