[ImmersedBoundary] rotating immersed boundary at OpenFoam

RobertG · August 20, 2015, 12:17

Hello,
I'm pretty new at OpenFoam/foam-extend. So, I hope someone can help me with my problem.

Right now, I'm trying to simulate a gear pump using immersed boundary method for the rotating gears.

So far, I installed the the immersed boundary methodes in to foam-extend-3.1, as described at Extend-bazaar/Toolkits/ImmersedBoundary at openfoamwiki.net.
It workes fine and I found some tutorials, I can use for my simulation.

But all tutorials are static. That means, the immersed boundary object is not moving at all.
Which means, I have no clue, how to make the gears rotate.

I hope some one can help me.

Thanks,
RobertG

maalan · September 22, 2015, 13:20

Hi Robert! Did you get it?

RobertG · September 25, 2015, 05:01

Not until now.
Sorry.

DaniB1989 · October 6, 2015, 11:56

Hi Robert

Has there been any update?

I'm currently working on a similar problem. I'm using the version 3.2 extended, since the immersed boundary method has been updated.

Daniel

August 20, 2015, 12:17	rotating immersed boundary at OpenFoam	#1
RobertG New Member Robert Grandl Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 10	Hello, I'm pretty new at OpenFoam/foam-extend. So, I hope someone can help me with my problem. Right now, I'm trying to simulate a gear pump using immersed boundary method for the rotating gears. So far, I installed the the immersed boundary methodes in to foam-extend-3.1, as described at Extend-bazaar/Toolkits/ImmersedBoundary at openfoamwiki.net. It workes fine and I found some tutorials, I can use for my simulation. But all tutorials are static. That means, the immersed boundary object is not moving at all. Which means, I have no clue, how to make the gears rotate. I hope some one can help me. Thanks, RobertG

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September 22, 2015, 13:20		#2
maalan Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 80 Rep Power: 14	Hi Robert! Did you get it?

September 25, 2015, 05:01		#3
RobertG New Member Robert Grandl Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 10	Not until now. Sorry.

October 6, 2015, 11:56		#4
DaniB1989 New Member Daniel Brunner Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 10	Hi Robert Has there been any update? I'm currently working on a similar problem. I'm using the version 3.2 extended, since the immersed boundary method has been updated. Daniel