Pipe flow using rhoSimpleFoam mot converging
 

Hello Foamers!!

I'm a newbie to OpenFOAM and i'm struggling a bit with a case I have to run for my PhD.

The idea is the following:
We are dealing with half a pipe (Diameter: 0.05m - Lenght: 0.4m) and we want to simulate the flow passing inside it and compare it with experimental data.

We are using air (which we consider to be following the perfect gas law), the exit Mach number should be 0.65 (so we go for a compressible solver --> rhoSimpleFoam), and the static pressure at the outlet should be the ambient pressure (98916Pa).
The walls of the pipe are considered adiabatic.

I measure a total pressure at the inlet as well as a total temperature.


Therefore: I am setting up the following files for my case:

0/p
----------------------------------------------
dimensions [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0];

internalField uniform 98916;

boundaryField
{
inlet
{
type totalPressure;
p0 uniform 131392;
gamma 1.4;
}
lateralwall
{
type zeroGradient;
}
symmetrywall
{
type symmetryPlane;
}
outlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform 98916;
}

0/U
----------------------------------------------
dimensions [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];

internalField uniform (0 0 -217);

boundaryField
{
inlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (0 0 -217);
}
lateralwall
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}
symmetrywall
{
type symmetryPlane;
}
outlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}
}

0/T
----------------------------------------------
dimensions [0 0 0 1 0 0 0];

internalField uniform 277;

boundaryField
{
inlet
{
type totalTemperature;
T0 uniform 300;
gamma 1.4;
}
lateralwall
{
type zeroGradient;
}
symmetrywall
{
type symmetryPlane;
}
outlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}
}


I'm using a k-omega SST turbulence model, and running with rhosimpleFoam solver.
I don't get any error messages, but I cannot manage to make this computation converge.
My pressure distribution after some iterations increases and makes no sense (values close to 1.3e5 Pa) and neither does the velocity.
Is something wrong with my boundary conditions? Am I over-constraining or under-constrainig the problem?

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Have you tried zeroGradient for the pressure inlet boundary condition? It is used in the tutorial for rhoSimpleFoam

Yes I also tried imposing a zeroGradient at the pressure inlet BC.
The pressure field was still not making any sense.
But if I put a zeroGradient at my inlet for the pressure, I cannot impose a total pressure there. And this is one of the measurements I'd like to compare

Hi,

Maybe the velocity is reversed. Now is negative in Z direction and your pressure BC has outlet on top?

K

I think you cannot specify the (total) pressure and the velocity at the inlet. If you give the pressure at the outlet and the velocity at the inlet you get (total) pressure at the inlet from the simulation.

rhoSimpleFoam Unexpected Results for fast, hot gas in 10mm pipe elbow
 

Sorry for posting on this thread, I thought I had started a new one. I will post my question there