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November 30, 2011, 16:00 |
rhoSimplecFoam laminar?
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Eric M. Tridas
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Tampa, Florida
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Hey Foamers,
This may seem like a dumb question but I can't figure it out. Can rhoSimplecFoam perform laminar simulations? I would assume that it could and tried it for one of my other cases yet I could not get it to run without turbulence. Also, when I go to the "squareBend" tutorial and change the "simulationType" to laminar in the "turbulenceProperties" dictionary it continues to run the simulation with the RASmodel. If I delete the "RASProperties" dictionary it gives me an IO error indicating it can't find the directory. Any ideas? I feel like I must be overlooking something really trivial but its really frustrating me! Thanks for your help. -Eric |
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December 2, 2011, 05:19 |
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Christian Lucas
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Hi,
rhoSimplecFoam can do laminar runs. Have a look at the solver output. The solver should not solve any turbulence model eqn. If you want to be sure, create a new volScalarField in the solver and output the laplacian term of the velocity equation. About the RASProperties file, I not ssure about that but inthe RAS model folder is a laminar model, maybe have a look at that. Best Regards, Christian |
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December 5, 2011, 11:52 |
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Eric M. Tridas
Join Date: May 2011
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Hey Christian,
You were correct. Thanks for your reply and assistance. -Eric |
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