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Old   February 16, 2014, 03:00
Default fixed gradient of boundary condition in Openfoam
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Dear Openfoamer,

Can I ask you some question regarding fixed gradient of boundary condition?

In Openfoam, you can define gradient for boundary conditions, for example when you define zero pressure gradient, does that mean pressure gradient normal to surface is zero?

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Old   February 20, 2014, 03:36
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I think you are correct. For more information see:
http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/boundaries.php
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