AM Calculator Options Settings

Once you have added an AM Calculator, the Configuration window has these settings tabs where there are many available conditions to set on the Conditions, Materials Properties, and Options tabs, as well as with the specialized Plot Renderer.

This section describes the settings for the Options tab.

AM Calculator Conditions Settings, AM Calculator Heat Source Settings, and AM Calculator Materials Properties Settings

Select the Streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) checkbox to enable SUPG stabilization scheme for the energy and Navier-Stokes equations.

Select the Damping factor for the damped Newton iteration checkbox to add a damping factor for the damped Newton iteration and enter a value between 0 and 1. The default is 0.7.

It may improve stability but it slows down convergence of the simulation.

Enter a Smagorinsky constant in the field. This is the value of the constant to use in the fluid flow model. The default is 0.18.

For more information see Fluid Flow in the theory section.

Select the interval to save results from transient simulations. If the number of files saved are specified, choose if the step size should increase linearly or exponentially.

From the Save interval for transient simulation list choose Automatic, Every Nth time step, or Time in seconds. Then for each also enter as indicated:

  • Automatic
    • Max number of files: The default is100Linear.
    • Then choose Linear or Exponentially increasing. Enter another number of files in the field as needed.
  • Every Nth time step: The default is 1 or enter or use the up and down arrows to choose another number.
  • Time in seconds: The default is 0.01 or enter another number in the field.

Select or enter the Number of cores available for the simulations. The default value is the total number of physical cores available in the system.