Count particles captured by Stick-to-wall BC

Julian K. · October 20, 2011, 11:14

Hi!

I am simulating the deposition of particles on a cylinder. On the cylinder's surface, I use the 'stick-to-wall' boundary condition. For my analysis, I need to know the number of particles captured by the cylinder. Thus, my question:

How can I get the number of particles, which deposited on the cylinder?

Cheers!

Julian

Julian K. · October 20, 2011, 11:30

I found a solution:

In the *.out-file the solver writes

Code:

 ======================================================================
                          Particle Diagnostics
 ======================================================================

 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |                      Particle Fate Diagnostics                     |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Particle type          | Fate type                       Particles |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | particle               | Entered domain                :         1 |
 |                        | Continue from last time step  :        22 |
 |                        | Waiting for next time step    :        23 |
 |                        | Wall particles                :         1 |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

Thus, the 'Wall particles' is the number of particles, which stick to the wall.

ilphma · August 14, 2014, 10:42

this particles will shown as incomplete?

October 20, 2011, 11:14	Count particles captured by Stick-to-wall BC	#1
Julian K. Member Julian Krick Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guelph Posts: 88 Rep Power: 17	Hi! I am simulating the deposition of particles on a cylinder. On the cylinder's surface, I use the 'stick-to-wall' boundary condition. For my analysis, I need to know the number of particles captured by the cylinder. Thus, my question: How can I get the number of particles, which deposited on the cylinder? Cheers! Julian __________________ grid generation: ICEM CFD 13.0 solver: CFX 13.0

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ilphma New Member kohl Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 13	this particles will shown as incomplete?