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Old   December 31, 2017, 13:13
Default natural convection of a 2D plate with bousinesqSimpleFoam
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Hello everybody,

i have some questions about my case.

As you can see in Drawing.png this simulation is a 2d case.
On the left side is a plate with a uniform temperature T_hot
Every other patch have symmetric boundary condition, except Top and bottom.

I tested some variations of boundary conditions for top- and bottom patch but i couldn't find the right combinations for one specific physical boundary condition.

top and bottom patch should behave like an farfield.
but i don't know which bc should i use for velocity, pressure...
  • velocity should be calculated
  • pressure should be on bottom-patch fixed value
The solver is a bouyant SimpleFoam with Boussinesq approximation.


May somebody can give me a hint.

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You have to specify in the thermophysicalProperties the dependency of the density of the fluid in dependence of the temperature. It is possible to give a polynom up to 7th grade (plus a constant value).
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Hello Uwe,

thank you for your interest on my problem, but i don't know how your answer match my question.

The question is which boundary conditions for the top and bottom patch are suitable to simulate an "open" boundary condition.

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That depensds what you intended for that wall.You may
- set it to the temperature of the fluid volume
- set it to zero gradient
I don't believe that it makes a huge difference.
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