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Currently reading: The Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. This is the first book in the Century Trilogy and I have to say it is an extremely well researched and written novel.

Why would you use a rectangular "pipe" ?? Pipes are round. What is the pressure drop thru the unit? Is this a gas to gas exchanger?

I don't have any knowledge of Patran but I do no that for this type of non-linear behavior, Abaqus is your best software.

First, do a simple heat balance. I am assuming that you have 3 known temperatures... If not then you are going to have to use NTU method to obtain the other two needed temperature values.

Unfortunately, there isn't a single pdf that could allow you to fully understand ANSYS. What type of problem are you trying to solve? The real power of ANSYS is in APDL.

I was looking for updated information. I figured a new thread might provide some new information, beyond what is posted in wiki.

I am an FEA (ANSYS) user for many years now. I started getting into CFD about 7 years ago. A friend of mine has his own CFD consultancy company and he uses FLUENT with 128 machines paralleled together and I have hired him as a subcontractor to run solutions on large high temperature process...

Yes, the classes offered by OpenFOAM. The first course was great and I learned a lot. I took that course in San Francisco back in 2013. This time I am heading to Chicago for the Advanced Course. The materials provided were pretty good. I still refer to them all the time.

I have taken the OpenFOAM training class and I am taking the Advanced training class this spring. Thanks for the link to. I did not know about that class.

I use this program but only for simple geometries. I have not had the best of luck using SnappyHexMesh. It is a great program and really requires dedication.

All, I didn't take the time to perform a search on this so I apologize if a good thread already exists. However, does anyone have any updated information on this plant? Thanks Matt

I don't believe that would be a good comparison. Unfortunately, this is the most troubling aspect of CFD: model validation.

I will admit, I didn't know the song's history...

Yeah, I don't mind them but I do mind when I get that song stuck in my head. :)

I don't care for the new layout at all. Most embedded videos are blocked at my office and it seems that posting stories that one can read is becoming a thing of the past...