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TransAT Tutorial Manual 6.1. Wall Boiling

6.1.8 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-wallboiling...vtm. Click OK

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

• Choose variable PhaseAlpha1 from the drop-down list. (See Figure 6.5). This shows the
void fraction distribution along the domain. The vapor generated at the wall and then
dispersed along the flow and towards the center of the pipe.

• Clicking the rainbow button on the left shows the Legend. Clicking the double-arrow button
on its right rescales the color range to the data range.

• As the length of the domain in X-direction is quite large compared to the Y-direction, we
can scale down the view in the X-direction. Click the Advanced Toggle Properties
button under the Properties panel. See Figure 6.6
• Scroll down to Transforming and then enter 0.05 in the first box next to Scale.

• To visualise the converged results, display the last frame of the results by hitting 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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