Ask the Expert - Advanced Fan and Blower Modeling with the MRF Technique in ANSYS Icepak

Duration: 60 minutes

ANSYS Icepak is a powerful CAE software tool for modeling electronic system designs, by performing heat transfer and fluid flow simulations on component-level, board-level, or system-level applications.

The traditional "lumped" fan model provides good first-order solutions for many simulations. ANSYS Icepak offers the Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) technique to enable more accurate modeling of fans and blowers, through inclusion of the flow swirl component and resolution of the actual fan geometry.

Successful application of the MRF technique requires that attention be given to essential details of the fan/blower simulation, such as the fan geometry, proper meshing to capture the swirl and boundary layer, and use of a suitable turbulence model. In this session, our panel of experts will share with you strategies for modeling fans and blowers with the MRF technique in ANSYS Icepak. Specific examples will be discussed to highlight differences between the lumped fan and the MRF fan models. Guidelines for choosing one versus the other will also be provided.

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