ANSYS Fluent analysis of a Acoustic Reference Nozzle 2 subsonic nozzle from NASA's NPARC Alliance Validation Archive modeled in SOLIDWORKS. Images include a pressure contour, turbulence contour, and velocity contour. Note the error condition image; I repeatedly saw unrealistic results and ballooning high pressure zones aft of the nozzle, and fixed the issue through trial and error with the mesh element sizing along the top edge of the nozzle. Also note the mesh image; I toyed around with edge sizing extensively which yielded all but one stubborn section a high quality quadrilateral mesh. 

ANSYS Fluent analysis of a NACA2412 cross section modeled in ANSYS DESIGN MODELER. Images include pressure contours, turbulence contours, and velocity vectors of the body at 0, 15, and 45 degrees AoA.

ANSYS Fluent analysis of an ONERA M6 airfoil model from NASA's open source Turbulence Modeling Resource modeled in SOLIDWORKS. Images include velocity streamlines and pressure contours. Note the two error condition images; I repeatedly saw huge residuals in solving, and fixed the issue through trial and error with the mesh element sizing near the wing surface. 

ANSYS Fluent analysis of an open fan modeled in SOLIDWORKS. Images include pressure contours and velocity streamlines. Fan motion was simulated using a frame motion method with a split rotor and stator mesh. Results were troubling. Over a dozen attempts were made towards a successful converging simulation. I fixed the issue by increasing the mesh density within the rotor section, and adding filets to all sharp edges in the model. Even for the final solution that did converge, velocity streamlines showed particles being cycled through the fan blades, around the body, and send back through. Moreover, the pressure contour results were inconsistent with hypothesized patterns. 

ANSYS Fluent analysis of a ducted fan modeled in SOLIDWORKS. Images include pressure contours, velocity vectors, and velocity streamlines. Fan motion was simulated using a frame motion method with a split rotor and stator mesh. Modeling and meshing lessons from the open fan produced a model that converged with only a few iterations of the solver. The pressure contour results were more consistent with hypothesized patterns as compared to the open fan. However, velocity vectors showed a region of air immediately forward of the blades being pushed the wrong direction. Yet, rotary motion of the air circulating around the duct was present, an improvement from the fluid behavior of the open duct.