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Shankar July 24, 2002 22:57

porous medium-velocity inlet a qn?
 
Hi In specifying the velocity(inlet)inside a porous medium say a pipe which opens into the porous zone(pipe tip being the velocity inlet), do we need to specify the actual velociy or the superficial velocity(at the tip)? Thanks.

Evan Rosenbaum July 25, 2002 12:49

Re: porous medium-velocity inlet a qn?
 
Specify the superficial velocity. All porous media calculations in FLUENT use superficial velocity.

Shankar July 25, 2002 13:30

Re: porous medium-velocity inlet a qn?
 
Thanks a lot Evan, that helped.


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