boundary layer development in gambit
 

i am working on wind effects on high rise building..i have to develop boundary layer along the wall on computational domain and building as well...gambit is showing message..initialization failed...with error code 1...i am unable to resolve this..kindly help me...

more info please, with pictures

kindly help me out...
 

hi max..
i have to develop boundary layer on the ground and building surface..i am attaching pics here,, kindly look into it.. and help me ..out..thanx
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then pick surfaces of ground and building...
take care of first cell's height.
If you give an exotic value, then the BL propagation may fail
http://aerojet.engr.ucdavis.edu/gamb..._blayer_create

max thanx for your response...i have changed the geometry of computational domain to resolve the error..

max.. can you tell me about the aspect ratio for boundary layer ....

http://aerojet.engr.ucdavis.edu/gamb...spec_algorithm
with aspect ratio algorithm, you don't have fixed first cell' s height.

no dear the thing i wanna ask is that when we examine the mesh and in the option of quality type we click aspect ratio , then what is the range of this value that is best suited for a mesh.

from Help: "However, a general rule of thumb is to avoid aspect ratios in excess of 5:1. " --> http://aerojet.engr.ucdavis.edu/flue...ug/node155.htm

I would simply load the mesh in the solver and run a check mesh

problem in udf for velocity proflie
 

/************************************************** *********************

vprofile.c UDF for specifying steady-state velocity profile boundary condition

************************************************** **********************/ #include "udf.h"

DEFINE_PROFILE(inlet_x_velocity, thread, position)
{
real x[ND_ND]; /* this will hold the position vector */
real y; face_t f;

begin_f_loop(f, thread) { F_CENTROID(x,f,thread); y = x[1];
(
F_PROFILE(f, thread, position) = (10 + y/12.5)*cos(5.0/180.*3.1415927); }
end_f_loop(f, thread) }

DEFINE_PROFILE(inlet_y_velocity, thread, position)
{
/* insert your own code here*/
}




max....in this udf while defining
F_PROFILE(f, thread, position) = (10 + y/12.5)*cos(5.0/180.*3.1415927);

can we use log formula also, if yes then please explain it for me.....

Hi maaz,
see attached picture from udf manual.

Daniele