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TransAT Tutorial Manual 1.3. Flow over a Cylinder (Re=20)

1.3.9 Visualisation 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 on File − > Open.
• Navigate to your project folder.

• Navigate to the “RESULT” folder and choose the files xy-<projectname>...vtm for 2D visu-
alization in the x-y plane.

• Click OK .

• Choose the variable you want to visualize (e.g. P) from the drop-down list. (See Figure
6.5).

• To visualize fluid-solid interface when using IST technique, click in the toolbar (alterna-
tively select Filters − > Common − > Contour in the menu bar). Use Contour by: EmbI
and enter Isosurface: 0 to see your solid objects. Click .
• With the Contour highlighted, choose Solid Color from the drop-down box.

• Make the father object visible (xy-<projectname>.0000*) by clicking on the icon to its
left.

• To visualise the converged results, go to the last frame 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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