Mass flow rate through porous media

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Hi,

I am currently trying to run a full car simulation with a porous media radiator. My mesh and simulation seemed to work okay but i can’t seem to find a way to find mass flow rate through the porous media. I have tried to use a result control using: surface data → area integral → selecting radiator surface, but i got an error during the simulation (fcrad1 → run 2). without this result control item, the simulation runs fine (fcrad1 → run 1).

Is there a way to figure out mass flow rate through the radiator porous media?

here is the link: https://www.simscale.com/workbench/?pid=8838095069020257660#tab_1-0

Cheers

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Hi @robrobson12!

Usually this is the right approach. Having a look at your project.

Best,

Jousef

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Hi @robrobson12,

Have you tried to download the data and do the post-processing on Paraview? This forum post should allow you to deduce your mass flow rate.

Cheers.

Regards,
Barry

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I haven’t tried using paraview, but i will have a crack at it and see if I can figure it out.

Thanks.