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TransAT Tutorial Manual 4.4. Film Boiling

4.4.3 Launching TransATUI

The TransATUI (TransAT User Interface) is a versatile and complete platform where the meshing,
problem setup and execution of a given simulation can be carried out.

• Double-click the TransAT icon on the Desktop.

4.4.4 Opening TransAT window

The first step in creating a new TransAT project is naming said project and giving it a location.

• Click to create a new project

• In the next window, navigate to the folder where the project will be saved

• To create a new project folder, click in the top right corner of the window

• Enter a project folder name, say filmboiling, then click to create the folder

• Click to select the folder and close the browser

• Set Project Name to a more explicit name such as filmboiling then click

After clicking , the Mesh & BCs tab will be opened.

The Geo, Mesh & BCs, Input and Execute tabs at the top of the TransATUI window can
now be selected to open the modules to set up a simulation with TransAT.

4.4.5 Mesh & BCs Tab
The domain is defined and the mesh is created in the Mesh & BCs.

• Select the Mesh & BCs tab at the top of TransATUI if that is not already the case

Domain & Grid
In this section the domain and the computational grid for the simulation will be defined.

• Click Domain & Grid

• In the Domain section, set the following values for the domain boundaries

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