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Running Analysis

Setting Up The Continua

Bulk Solution

  • Material: Liquid
  • Flow: Segregated Flow
  • Axis: Three Dimensional
  • Equation of State: Constant Density
  • Time: Steady
  • Viscous Regime: Inviscid
  • Optional Models: Electromagnetism
  • Electromagnetism: Electrodynamic Potential
  • Optional Models: Corrosion

Note

Surface Materials & Gradients will be enabled automatically.

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Bulk Continua Configuration

Thin Electrolyte Solution

  • Space: Three Dimensional
  • Material: Solid
  • Optional Models: Electromagnetism
  • Electromagnetism: Shell Electrodynamic Potential
  • Time: Steady
  • Optional Models: Corrosion

Note

Surface Materials & Gradients will be enabled automatically.

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Thin Film Continua Configuration

Loading the Library

In order to perform analysis you need to ensure that the library is loaded into STAR-CCM+. Once you have setup the Corrosion module you next need to load the library into CCM+ this can be done under Solvers -> Corrosion -> Corrosion - Properties.

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Setting up the library

Clicking the 3 dots will let you select a library to load into CCM+.

Navigate to the install files and select the file as below in the Windows/Linux folder you have been provided.

Note

  • For Windows the file is corrosionanalyzer-ccm.dll.
  • For Linux the file is corrosionanalyzer-ccm.so.
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Corrosion Analyzer CCM Library Selected

Surface Materials

Selecting Surface Materials

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Selecting Surface Materials
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Selecting Surface Materials

Assigning Surface Materials

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Setup Surface Material Polarization
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Assigning Surface Material to Region

Setting the Scene

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Creating Scalar Scene
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Adding Parts
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Adding Scalar Field Function
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Updating units
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Resulting Scene