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Old   January 4, 2014, 12:17
Default advancing velocities and positions in pimpleDyMFoam
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How are velocities and positions advanced in pimpleDyMFoam?

Looking in the code, I assume that:

v(t+0.5dt)=v(t)+0.5*dt0*a(t)

y(t+dt)=y(t)+v(t+0.5dt)*dt

v(t+dt)=v(t+0.5dt)+0.5*dt*a(t)

But, using a calculator, I was unable to reproduce the foam results between two time-steps.
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