Relative Humidity in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
Summary
Relative humidity is a necessary parameter in many engineering applications and accurately simulating its effects can influence HVAC system and building designs, environmental control systems, thermal management, and electronics cooling. The value for relative humidity can be specified under the Initial Conditions in the study’s General Settings alongside the reference temperature and pressure. For heat transfer problems, the material properties defined in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation should account for the effects of humidity. Additionally, the relative humidity value can vary with certain conditions such as altitude and we will want to make sure to account for that in the fluid study. In the Initial Conditions dialog of the study’s General Settings, the Dependency option is used to vary humidity with the altitude parameter defined above.