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Old   July 8, 2010, 05:22
Default how to understand the pressure equation in potentialFoam
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I have two questions about the pressure equation in potentialFoam:
1) how does the pressure equation derived?
and how to understand fvm::laplacian(rUAf,p) == fvc::div(phi) ?
2)what does the line of "phi-=pEqn.flux()" mean ?

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