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March 22, 2014, 11:39 |
Boundary Conditions for a flow in pipes
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Hi dear friends
What is boundary conditions(inlet and outlet) that we should use in a compressible flow in a pipe and what is your reference? Kindly flow is subsonic. regards Last edited by masoudmohammadian; March 23, 2014 at 14:47. Reason: I made mistake because the flow is compressible not incompressible |
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March 23, 2014, 07:34 |
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You can use either mass flow rate or velocity as inlet boundary condition and relative pressure as outlet boundary condition. But first set your reference pressure in order to use relative pressure.. Hope it helps
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March 23, 2014, 07:57 |
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For inlet give velocity inlet condition and for outlet pressure outlet
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March 23, 2014, 09:09 |
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Hi dear friend
Is it correct to use velocity when density is not constant? what is your reference of your answer? |
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March 23, 2014, 09:11 |
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thanks a lot my friend. I need the reference for your reply such as book, paper,...
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March 23, 2014, 10:20 |
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Quote:
For reference you can read boundary condition section in Fluent manual. |
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March 23, 2014, 14:46 |
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Thanks my dear friend
Sorry I made mistake because my flow is compressible regards |
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March 24, 2014, 00:12 |
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Just a correction, for incompressible flow, density is not constant (atleast, not always).
Our (mu/rho) should be constant.
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March 24, 2014, 01:15 |
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hi dear friend
I didn't get your answer regards |
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March 24, 2014, 01:27 |
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What I meant to say is:
When you model incompressible flow, density is not always a constant variable. Its the kinematic viscosity(=dynamic viscosity/density) which is constant. For Low Reynolds number, flow most cases, the density'll not vary much.However, when you go to the moderate Re regime, most likely your density'll vary (depending of the fluid property though). So, as long as you keep kinematic viscosity constant, you are in "safe zone". Whereas keeping a constant density may lead to error. that's all
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March 24, 2014, 01:54 |
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but you know, my flow is compressible with Ma No. about 0.8
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March 24, 2014, 02:12 |
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I was referring to the other post actually, where it was stated that incompressible flow=constant density..that's all(that's why i used "just a correction" phrase)
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March 24, 2014, 02:17 |
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thanks a lot dude and sorry for any inconvenience
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March 24, 2014, 12:54 |
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For Compressible flow through a pipe you can give Total Pressure at inlet and static pressure at outlet and from the stagnation static relations we can estimate the flow Mach number or the other way around if you want a particular Mach Number then calculate the relations accordingly with atmospheric pressure as reference.
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March 24, 2014, 22:13 |
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But numerically when we solve incompressible flow equation density term will be treated as constant and removed from momentum equations so i told him in terms of CFD(since he is working in it), but when comes to flow physics what u told is correct.
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March 24, 2014, 22:18 |
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To add to my point:-
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...21999108006748
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March 25, 2014, 01:45 |
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OK, i don't think all solvers use this.
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