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June 24, 2008, 13:14 |
Maybe a dumb question but... H
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Maybe a dumb question but... How is it that Fluent is capable of fully-implicit time discretisation while OpenFOAM is not ?
Or, if put another way, what would be required to have fully-implicit time discretisation in OF ? |
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June 24, 2008, 13:39 |
What do you mean by "fully imp
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What do you mean by "fully implicit" time discretization, and why do you think there is a difference between Fluent and OpenFOAM in this regard?
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June 24, 2008, 13:46 |
You would need to solve the eq
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You would need to solve the equations of mass, momentum and energy simultaneously instead of segregated.
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June 24, 2008, 13:49 |
For example, you won't have li
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For example, you won't have limitation on your Courant Number in Fluent.
This question arised as the Courant number can be a limitating factor and force you to have timesteps smaller than the one required by the eddy dissipation time. |
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June 24, 2008, 14:11 |
Most of the time schemes in Op
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Most of the time schemes in OpenFOAM are "fully implicit". There are probably other things that Fluent does to run stable at very high CFL numbers.
On the other hand I regularly run LES with maximum CFL numbers of 2-3 without problems. It depends on the solver and your limiters I guess. |
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June 24, 2008, 14:50 |
Sorry Eugene - time to read a
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Sorry Eugene - time to read a book. The guy is talking about a block solution of the compressible flow system, which is "more implicit" than the segregated solution you are used to.
This is coming with my new block matrix implementation. Hrv
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June 24, 2008, 14:59 |
Hrv,
"This is coming with my
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Hrv,
"This is coming with my new block matrix implementation" When? I have been looking forward for this for a long time.
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June 24, 2008, 15:37 |
As you may have guessed, it is
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As you may have guessed, it is all about funding: fully financed projects get priority, deadlines etc, meaning that interesting pieces of work get delayed.
It has been delayed for an inexcusable number of times, but it will make you happy to know that some people are already running block-coupled solutions. Apologies for the delay, Hrv
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June 24, 2008, 15:46 |
We should thank you for develo
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Billy
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We should thank you for developing such a great software!
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June 24, 2008, 19:23 |
Great! Hrv
I should also th
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Great! Hrv
I should also thank you for sharing.
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June 25, 2008, 09:40 |
Dear Hrv
I wondered if the
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Dear Hrv
I wondered if the community can enjoy such piece of work via the development version? This would be thankful news (among others). Best wishes Patricio |
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