Help! Unexpected velocity field around a car

Can someone please help there be airflow over the car?

Hi @davidmurphy,

Thanks for reaching out on the forums. I had a look at your project and there’s a problem with your velocity inlet boundary condition.


Having an inlet velocity of 60 mph in X, Y, and Z direction doesn’t make any sense. I suggest setting V_x to 60 mph, the other components to 0 and rerunning the simulation.

Thanks,
Matt Bemis

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Ok thanks so much! Should I leave the pressure outlet at 0? And also is this the proper method for me to actually see airflow over my car?

@davidmurphy Yes. 0 pressure at the outlet, and then rerun the simulation. Once your boundary conditions are physical and you get reasonable results, then you can focus on visualization of those results. For questions about post processing, please see this tutorial; specifically see the section on adding a cutting plane.