Boundary condition
 

Hi,
I am zakir. I am trying calculate ship hull resistance by fluent. I have created structural mesh in pointwise. The of my mesh is attached. to this thread. I am facing difficulty assigning boundary condition to upper surface marked with red arrow in the figure .
I have used side portion as symmetry boundary condition .Is this ok?
Please give me some suggestions.
Thank you in advance.
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Hi,
Using symmetry boundary conditions is ok if only geometry is symmetrical and flow side angle is equal to zero.
What is your problem assigning symm. boundary condition?!

thank you for your reply . my geometry is symmetrical and flow side is equal to zero. can I use symm boundary condition at the top of the geometry?

If I understand correctly the pink body is the ship, the blue one is the water; If you are assigning a simmetry boundary condition at the top of the water body you are considering that no waves (or very small waves) are present on the water surface: simmetry means zero gradient, so you have a flat water surface.
If considerably big waves are produced simmetry boundary is not correct.

Daniele

Thank you Daniele....