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TransAT Tutorial Manual 10.1. Flow past a backward facing step

10.1.4 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 backwardstep, 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 backwardstep 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.

10.1.5 Geo Tab
The next task consists in creating the geometry of the step. The geometry can be imported or
directly created using the utilities in Geo.

To create the geometry and load it into the domain

• Click Geo at the top of the TransATUI.

• Click Create Shape tab within the left panel

• In the object selection drop-down list next to the button , choose Cube

• Enter the following parameters to create the cube
X min : −0.0005
X max : 0.015
Y min : −0.0005
Y max : 0.005
Z min : −0.001
Z max : 0.001

• Click to create the object.

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