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Old   January 20, 2011, 22:58
Default Which application should I use to solve this equation
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Hello Foamers,
I am a beginner, which application should I use to solve these equation

In region 1
∇∙[(1-s)^1.5 ∇c]=0
∇∙[s^3 (-4.24s+〖3s〗^2)∇s]=0

In region 2
∇∙[(1-s)^1.5 ∇c]=1-s
∇∙[s^3 (-4.24s+〖3s〗^2)∇s]=1-s

anyhelp will be thankful.
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Old   January 21, 2011, 02:29
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I suggest to write your own application, that is what you can do with OpenFOAM relatively easily. No guarantees for convergent solutions however. Especially since you equations are not very linear in s Good luck!
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Old   January 21, 2011, 04:00
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Thanks.
Are there similar standard applications I can modify to solve it?
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Old   January 21, 2011, 04:22
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You can have a look in the basic solvers to start with.
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Old   January 21, 2011, 06:46
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Hi!

I think you can start from laplacianFoam and define a source term that depends on the region you consider. You can develop something like that :

Code:
volScalarField source = alpha * (1-S) + (scalar(1)-alpha);
volScalarField Sc = pow((1-S),1.5);
volScalarField Ss = pow(S,3)*(-4.24*S + pow(3*S,2))

solve ( fvm::laplacian(Sc,c) == source );
solve ( fvm::laplacian(Ss,S) == source );
where alpha is a volScalarField defined by
- 0 within Region 1
- 1 within Region 2

I advise you to use the setFields utility to set up alpha.
Be careful to the units.

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Thanks a lot
Another question, how can I deal with the interface boundary condition between region1 and region2. Suppose c(region1)=c(region2).
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I guess that if you defined your 2 regions by an indicator function such as "alpha", the continuity is automatically garanteed.

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Another question, how can I deal with the interface boundary condition between region1 and region2. Suppose c(region1)=c(region2).
You can use conjugateHeatFoam (in the dev versions) or chtMultiRegionFoam for this. These solvers will ensure a continuous flux between the regions as well as c(region1)=c(region2).
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