ANSYS Polyflow Beginner Tutorial: Viscoelastic Material Shear Simulation Between Two Cones.

Learn how to simulate viscoelastic material flow between a rotating and a heated stationary cone using ANSYS Polyflow! This beginner-friendly, step-by-step tutorial walks you through the full setup—from geometry to boundary conditions—perfect for students, researchers, and engineers working with non-Newtonian or viscoelastic fluids. 🔧 What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial: How to set up an axisymmetric geometry in ANSYS Polyflow Defining viscoelastic material properties (power-law, Bingham, or Carreau models) Applying boundary conditions: rotating cone and fixed heated cone Thermal boundary setup for temperature-dependent flow Local remeshing tips for shear-dominated flows Solver settings and postprocessing overview 📚 Software Used: ANSYS Polyflow 2024 R1 (Student Version) 🧪 Use Cases: Food processing simulations (e.g. dough, batter) Polymer processing Biomedical materials Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics research 📎 Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Geometry 04:40 – Meshing 07:30 – Polyflow Solver Setup 10:00 – Boundary Conditions 11:20 – Global Remeshing 15:10 – Results 🏷️ Tags: #ANSYSPolyflow #ViscoelasticMaterial #CFDTutorial #RotatingCone #PolyflowBeginner #ShearFlow #HeatTransfer #NonNewtonian #EngineeringSimulation 💬 Have questions? Drop them in the comments! 🔔 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more CFD and ANSYS tutorials! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2vBuzrMEN382du65z_-NQ/join