[LijieNPIC]

Hi all,
I know this topic has been discussed a lot before, but I still don't understand. I am going to set the fixedHeatFlux boundary.As you know, q=-k*Grad(T),where q is heat flux and k is thermal conductivity. Although q is known and the relationship between k and T is known, Grad(T) still cannot get. So the fixGradient boudary is useless for me. In this situation, how can I set the boundary condition?
Thanks a lot in advance.

[alfa_8C]

hy,

This is the procedure:

- download the "groovyBC" contribution
- compile it

and insert the following as a T boundary condition:

WALL_HEATSOURCE (change it to the name of your BC )
{
type groovyBC;
value uniform 283;
valueExpression "283";
gradientExpression "gradT";
fractionExpression "0";
variables "heatFlux=2000;Cp0=1005;rho0=1.18;gradT=heatFl ux/(alphaEff * Cp0 * rho0);";
timelines (
);
}

- change the desired heatflux (a minus in front of the value would be a sink then)

- add the following lines to your controlDict:

libs ( "libOpenFOAM.so" "libgroovyBC.so" );

Thats it!

Have fun!

[LijieNPIC]

Antonio Liggieri,
Thank you very much. I will have a try.

[benk]

WALL_HEATSOURCE (change it to the name of your BC )
{
type groovyBC;
value uniform 283;
valueExpression "283";
gradientExpression "gradT";
fractionExpression "0";
variables "heatFlux=2000;Cp0=1005;rho0=1.18;gradT=heatFl ux/(alphaEff * Cp0 * rho0);";
timelines (
); 
}

Is there a way to get groovyBC to read a dimensionedScalar? For example, instead of specifying Cp0 and rho0 in the "variables" string, I want to specify them in a Properties dictionary. I know groovyBC can access a volScalarField but I want to read in Cp0 and rho0 like:

dimensionedScalar Cp0(domainProperties.lookup("Cp0"));

and then have groovyBC access Cp0

[Cyp]

hello!

is it possible to have a variable K with this BC ? If not, how can I do ??


Regards,
Cyp

[benk]

is it possible to have a variable K with this BC ?

Yes. Just make your K a volScalarField and use:

variables "heatFlux=2000;Cp0=1005;rho0=1.18;gradT=heatFl ux/(K * Cp0 * rho0);";

I'm still interested in knowing if we can use dimensionedScalar with groovyBC though. A workaround is to create a volScalarField and populate it with the value of a dimensionedScalar, but this seems to be a bit of a waste.

[alfa_8C]

Hello Ben,

yes that's possible. If I understand you aright, the thread I posted recently attached below, points out exactly your problem but with different fields... take a look at it..

************************************************** ******
since alphaEff = alphat (turbulent alpha) + alpha (laminar alpha),

and alphat as well as alpha is defined as volsclarfield in and thus present, the groovyBC expression can be modified as follows:

SURFACE_SOURCE
{
type groovyBC;
value uniform 283;
valueExpression "283";
gradientExpression "gradT";
fractionExpression "0";
variables "heatFlux=0.00000001;Cp0=1005;rho0=1.18;gradT= heat Flux/((alphat + alpha) * Cp0 * rho0);";
timelines (
);
}

Good Luck
Tony

[benk]

Hi Tony, thanks. But what I want to do is have groovyBC read a dimensionedScalar not a volScalarField.