[juho]

Hello

First post on the message board. I've only begun looking into OpenFOAM a few weeks ago.

I'm trying to simulate a intake plenum of a car and I'm using rhoTurbFoam.

My problem is how to define the time dependant boundary conditions for the outlets to each cylinder.

In a test case I currently have defined them as:

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0/U:


out1
{
type inletOutlet;
inletValue uniform (0 0 0);
value uniform (0 0 0);
}
inlet
{
type pressureInletOutletVelocity;
phi phi;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}

0/p:

out1
{
type timeVaryingUniformFixedValue;
timeDataFileName ".../out1p.dat";
value uniform 100000;
}
inlet
{
type totalPressure;
U U;
phi phi;
rho none;
psi none;
gamma 1;
p0 uniform 100000;
value uniform 100000;
}
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The out1.dat has a period of constant inlet pressure followed by a sine curve of a lower pressure.

This setup gives something resembling the boundary conditions I want but it's not really correct. I would like to change the type of the boundary depending on time:

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T1:
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p:

out1
{
type timeVaryingUniformFixedValue;
timeDataFileName ".../out1p.dat";
value uniform 100000;
}

U:
out1
{
type zeroGradient;
}

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T2:
===============================================

p:

out1
{
type zeroGradient
}

U:
out1
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}

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Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Or is there a better way to approach the issue all together?

I would greatly appreciate any help or guidance!

Juho

[olesen]

At first glance, it would seem that you need to write a time-varying mixed boundary condition and use the mixing parameter to switch between the value and the gradient.

The example input file might look like this:

// time fraction refValue refGradient

// using 10m/s
( 0.1 1 10 0)
...
// using zero-gradient
( 0.2 0 10 0)


/mark

[juho]

Thank you!

I'll start looking into writing a timeVaryingMixed boundary condition. Let's see how it goes...

Juho

[floooo]

Hi, Juho

I'm also interested on timeVaryingMixed boundary condition.
Have you successfully done it ??

Florian

[rassilon]

Originally Posted by floooo

Hi, Juho

I'm also interested on timeVaryingMixed boundary condition.
Have you successfully done it ??

Florian

Hi Juho, Floooo,

Did you get anywhere with your Boundary Condition problems?

I too am looking at developing a time based BC that changes from an inlet to a wall at a specified time during the run.

I am looking at using an IF, THEN, ELSE statement within the condition code to try and get it working, however so far I have had no luck.

If you have had any success with your problems, then I would love to hear about it!


R

[Nadun19]

Hi rassilon

Did you manage to figure out how to achieve this?

Thanks
Nadun