Radius-dependent pressure drop

aqstax · March 20, 2012, 17:59

Hi,

I have a few questions regarding the fan boundary condition:

1) How can I impose a pressure drop across the fan as a function of both radius and velocity?

2) Would it be possible to achieve (1) using many concentric fans?

Currently I'm attempting to simulate many concentric fans with a k- $\omega$ SST model, but k keeps diverging. I'm not sure if it's because of having concentric fans or something to do with other aspects of my modeling. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

aqstax · March 21, 2012, 00:12

to anyone reading this, apparently the above mentioned method couldn't work with k-w SST. But I'm running it with standard k-w and it seems to be working fine.

March 20, 2012, 17:59	Radius-dependent pressure drop	#1
aqstax Member Abdulqadir Aziz Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I have a few questions regarding the fan boundary condition: 1) How can I impose a pressure drop across the fan as a function of both radius and velocity? 2) Would it be possible to achieve (1) using many concentric fans? Currently I'm attempting to simulate many concentric fans with a k- $\omega$ SST model, but k keeps diverging. I'm not sure if it's because of having concentric fans or something to do with other aspects of my modeling. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

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March 21, 2012, 00:12		#2
aqstax Member Abdulqadir Aziz Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	to anyone reading this, apparently the above mentioned method couldn't work with k-w SST. But I'm running it with standard k-w and it seems to be working fine.