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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Altitude
• Fan Derating
• Logical Expressions in Formula Dependency
SOLIDWORKS ® Flow Simulation is a separately purchased product that you can use with
SOLIDWORKS Standard, SOLIDWORKS Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Premium.
Altitude
You can use Altitude to set the atmospheric pressure and temperature.
Altitude makes it easier to conduct what-if or optimization analyses.
Fan Derating
Fans are often set to run below their maximum capacity to reduce noise and increase
their lifetime, but still achieve their thermal cooling requirements. Fans run at less than
maximum capacity by reducing their RPMs, which derates the fan curve. The Derating
factor simulates this reduction of the fan curve.
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