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TransAT Tutorial Manual 3.3. Turbulent Heat Flux Modelling

Running TransAT

• Click to start the simulation.

3.3.8 Visualization of the results
The results of the simulation can be seen with the help of the Open-Source Visualisation Tool,
ParaView.

• To launch ParaView, click Start and select

All Programs > ParaView-4.0.1 > ParaView.

• Click File − > Open.
• Navigate to your project folder.

• Go to the RESULT folder and choose xy-turbulent heat flux...vtm. Click OK .

• Click in the Properties Panel, on the bottom left.

• Choose variable T in the variable drop-down list. The temperature distribution along the
domain should be shown.
• Clicking the rainbow button on the left-hand side shows the legend. Clicking the double-
arrow button on its right rescales the color range to the data range.

• See Figure 3.12 for the steady state temperature profile contour.

• To visualise the converged results, go to the last frame by hitting the in the toolbar.

To get a rough idea about visualisation of TransAT results with ParaView, please refer to the
TransAT Paraview Tutorial .

More detailed information can also be found in the Paraview Tutorial on the ParaView website.

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