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Old   June 14, 2008, 12:53
Default Hi! I've got a question about
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Hi!
I've got a question about how nonuniform BC work.

I want to set a parabolic inlet velocity profile in a pipe. In order to get it, I set a case in which I impose a uniform Inlet velocity distribution (3 m/s) and, at the end of simulation, whit a sampleSurface at the Outlet, I get the parabolic profile.

The sampleSurfaceDict is as follow

surfaceFormat foamFile;

interpolationScheme cell;

surfaces
(
constantPatch
{
name Outlet_constant;
patchName Outlet;
triangulate false;
}

);

fields
(
Ux
);

In the directory
sampleSurfaces/<time>/Outlet_constant/scalarField
there is the Ux list

n
(
.
.
)

I use this list to set U in the startTime directory of the new case, so

Inlet
{
type fixedValue;
value nonuniform List<vector>
n
(
(Ux 0 0)
.
.
)
}

Everything seems to work fine, but if I try to compute the average velocity at the Inlet with pathAverage I get 2.96 m/s, even if at the outlet of the first case I get 3 m/s whit patchAverage !

Can someone explain me why?
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Old   June 16, 2008, 04:30
Default Hi It sounds like crossing
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Hi

It sounds like crossing the river to fetch water ... look at this thread, where you directly can get a parabolic inlet profile.

http://www.cfd-online.com/OpenFOAM_D...es/1/2246.html

I cannot recall which I used, but at least the post from the 6th of September 2007, at 7:13PM should work under 1.4.1.

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Old   June 16, 2008, 09:31
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Thank you Niels!
I'll read the thread that you suggest in order to set a parabolic Inlet profile.
...but I would like to understand why my solution doesn't works like should.

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