The objective of this tutorial is to find the optimum bend radius R such that the pressure drop in the pipe is minimum for given a two-dimensional pipe with fixed velocity inlet.
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The Simulation Manager can be used to automate the entire optimization process through Python scripting. The script automates the process of calling CFD-GEOM to update the geometry and mesh it. CFD-ACE+ is also called by the script to find the flow solution in the new geometry. Using scripting, it is even possible to create a GUI in which the end-user enters parameters. This tutorial demonstrates the above topics.
