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lordvon September 13, 2010 14:45

Freestream BCs
 
Hello everyone,

For freestreams / external flows, would zeroGradient be the best boundary condition for the top and bottom patches? Thanks.

sega September 14, 2010 04:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordvon (Post 275023)
Hello everyone,

For freestreams / external flows, would zeroGradient be the best boundary condition for the top and bottom patches? Thanks.

If the boundary is far enough away from the geometry: yes!


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