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Old   January 15, 2015, 09:55
Default Normal to Boundary or Direction Vector?
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Hi Everyone.

I have attached a picture of my geometry.
On the top part of my geometry is the pressure outlet and the bottom two is the mass flow rate inlets.

I'm currently using direction vector (+ve Y direction) for both pressure outlet and mass flow rate inlets for my boundary condition. Should I use normal to boundary or direction vector? And any idea on how would they differ?

Thanks in advance!
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Old   January 15, 2015, 13:04
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1, It seems that in your case, the direction, normal to boundary is similar to the direction, normal to direction vector. both of them are +ve Y direction).

2, I think the difference is based on how you inlet or outlet boundary is placed in your geometry.
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Old   January 21, 2015, 20:06
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