[visuja]

Hi,

Could someone explain to me the difference between outflow and pressure outlet boundary conditions?

I simulated a steady state flow through a straight pipe using the two different boundary conditions at the outlet, with a velocity inlet boundary condition at the inlet. I get quite different results in terms of the total pressure drop. Why is this so?

Thanks,
Vivek

[Hertzel]

The conditions Fluent uses can be found in the manual
http://www.ipt.ntnu.no/manuals/Fluen...g/main_pre.htm

the outflow boundary condition is described in 7.10.1 and 7.10.2
the Pressure Outlet boundary is described in 7.8.1

taking a quick look at it i think the pressure outlet defines
-static pressure
-backflow condition
(and some other things)
while in the case of an outflow a zero diffusion flux is defined for all variables