[CYMa]

i am new in applying OpenFOAM.
May somebody tell me which FOAM i should use to simulate particle tracing in a gas flow (no chemical reaction between particles and gas).

Thank you very much!!!

[andrewryan]

Hi

Reading Nikas Nordin's thesis is a good start [1]. Then you should try out icoLagrangianFoam [2] If you want to learn the details about how lpt works in OpenFOAM read. [3] There are already some interesting posts on this forum, search for lagrangian or particle tracking.

Nils

[1] http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/Op...sNordinPhD.pdf
[2] http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...LagrangianFoam
[3] http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...mentation.html

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by andrewryan

Hi

Reading Nikas Nordin's thesis is a good start [1]. Then you should try out icoLagrangianFoam [2] If you want to learn the details about how lpt works in OpenFOAM read. [3] There are already some interesting posts on this forum, search for lagrangian or particle tracking.

Nils

[1] http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/Op...sNordinPhD.pdf
[2] http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...LagrangianFoam
[3] http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...mentation.html

I would discourage the usage of icoLagrangianFoam. It is sooo pre-1.5 (in 1.5 the particle system changed a lot and there are lagrangian-solvers that come with the distribution (some of them in the tutorials). ILF compiles on 1.5, but is not state of the art)

Bernhard

[andrewryan]

> I would discourage the usage of icoLagrangianFoam. It is sooo pre-1.5

What pieces of code would you recommend instead? dieselFoam?

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by andrewryan

> I would discourage the usage of icoLagrangianFoam. It is sooo pre-1.5

What pieces of code would you recommend instead? dieselFoam?

The last time I looked at it, it was "old school". Have a look at the solvers in $FOAM_SOLVERS/lagrangian (and there are additional solvers in $FOAM_TUTORIALS/lagrangian). If you're lucky you'll find an intermediate-class that fits your need and which you just have to plug into your solver

Bernhard