[Pavithra]

Hello Everyone,

I want to implement the following boundary condition on a horizontal wall.

Normal component of velocity




Tangential component of velocity



I have tried to use groovyBC as follows:

    floor
    {
        type                         groovyBC;
        valueExpression        0; 
        gradientExpression    3.0*U.component(0);
        value                        uniform (0 1 0);    
    }

But, I am unsuccessful.

1) How can we differentiate tangential and normal components of velocity as we do in directionMixed boundary condition.

2) I want to use value '0' for normal component of velocity and 'gradientExpression' for tangential component of velocity.

Kindly please give me some directions to implement this boundary condition.

Thank You.

With Thanks
Pavithra.

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by Pavithra

Hello Everyone,

I want to implement the following boundary condition on a horizontal wall.

Normal component of velocity




Tangential component of velocity



I have tried to use groovyBC as follows:

    floor
    {
        type                         groovyBC;
        valueExpression        0; 
        gradientExpression    3.0*U.component(0);
        value                        uniform (0 1 0);    
    }

But, I am unsuccessful.

1) How can we differentiate tangential and normal components of velocity as we do in directionMixed boundary condition.

2) I want to use value '0' for normal component of velocity and 'gradientExpression' for tangential component of velocity.

Kindly please give me some directions to implement this boundary condition.

Thank You.

With Thanks
Pavithra.

In the same library as groovyBC there is a boundary condition groovyBCDirection that is based on directionMixed

[Pavithra]

Originally Posted by gschaider

In the same library as groovyBC there is a boundary condition groovyBCDirection that is based on directionMixed

Respected Sir,

Thank you so much for your guidance. I was able to achieve my requirement using groovyBCDirection.

Following is what I have done. (May be useful for someone else in future)

floor
    {
        type                            groovyBCDirection;
        valueFraction               uniform (0 0 0 1 0 0);
        gradientExpression        "vector((3.0*Ux),0,0)";
        valueExpression            "vector(0,0,0)";
    }

The normal vector to my wall is . Hence, . To set the normal component to fixed value and two tangential components to fixed gradients .

I have defined somewhere inside my solver code.

I was not able to directly use U.component(vector::X) inside the gradient expression. Hence, I defined it as a scalarField and then used it in the boundary condition.

@gschaider Sir, Kindly please let me know if I have made any mistake.

Thank you once again for your kind help.

With Thanks,
Pavithra.