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June 28, 2017, 19:51	particle velocity field from twoPhaseEulerFoam when particle volume fraction is low	#1
openfoammaofnepo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 372 Rep Power: 14	Hello, In twoPhaseEulerFoam, when the particle volume fraction is very low, less than the residual alpha, the particle velocity field is very strange. I did a test with zero particle volume fraction, there is only gas flow. In this case, I can get the same particle velocity field as that for the particle. This is not right, is it? The particle velocity should be zero everywhere. best, OFFO

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