[Rajkool]

Hello all,

I am not familiar with CFD. I have applied some basic settings, boundary conditions, and started calculating.

The curves look like converging.

The question is, the starting point of the curve is not from "Zero".

Is it common or did I made anything wrong?

Any type of suggestion is highly appreciated.

Thank you
Raj

[vinerm]

Why do you expect residuals to start from 0? Ideally, it should be 0 when the case is converged. Practically, it is never 0 because the system is numerical and discrete.

[Rajkool]

Can you give me some more information, if possible?

And is the my solution according to your reply?

Thank you
Raj

[vinerm]

The residuals look alright, as expected. However, the case setup may or may not be complete. First of all, flow most likely would be turbulence and you will have to enable a turbulence model. Secondly, you should always enable gravity for a multiphase case with appropriate values for operating density and reference pressure location. And it will take a lot of iterations, usually, 1000s for convergence.

[Rajkool]

No, it is the laminar model. Yeah, I have given 1000 iterations. I just posted it while it was simulating. I am just confused about that, can I consider this convergence is correct or not?

[vinerm]

Residuals are not good for checking convergence. You should create a few monitors, such as, velocity at outlet, and/or pressure or volume fraction at outlet or in the domain. Once these monitors stop oscillating, then the solution should be considered converged.