Getting Too High of a Force in Air Flow Simulation

I have a Hollow Rocket Nose and I input 20m/s in the -y direction directly on top of the nose. I input a forces and moment value on the flow surface of the Rocket Nose. I ran the simulation, my solution fields looked correct then I went to plot my force. The force graph oscillated between the millions of newtons as it should for the calculation, but it settled on around 13,000 Newtons. My Rocket Nose is 43.2mm in diameter and the velocity flowing onto it is 20m/s. I’ve been trying to find the problem because 13,000 Newtons is much too large for a Rocket Nose of that size and air of that magnitude. If someone could give me ideas to try it would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi @Deltaco,

The reported force of 13,000 N is significantly higher than expected for the dimensions and flow velocity you’ve provided. I would recommend checking your geometry scale, force and moment surface assignments, and boundary conditions.

Could you please share your public project URL? I’d be happy to take a closer look at your setup and results to help identify the issue.

Thanks!
Bryan

Hi,

As Bryan mentioned, make sure to review the CAD’s scale, as it seems to be orders of magnitude larger than what you are describing.