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badri1979 August 22, 2006 09:24

Hi All, I am new to OF so bear
 
Hi All, I am new to OF so bear with some of my silly questions.

How do I input dimensionless quantities in the code For e.g. Prandtl number. The one for dimensioned quantities is

dimensionedScalar nu
(
transportProperties.lookup("nu")
);

grtabor August 22, 2006 17:47

Well, a dimensionless number i
 
Well, a dimensionless number is just a dimensioned one with dimension set [0 0 0 0 0 0 0]. This would be particularly appropriate if you want to manipulate the Prandtl number in conjunction with other dimensioned quantities. Otherwise, you need to use the function readScalar, IIRC.

Gavin


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