C_VOF(c,pt) value increases every time step
 

Hi everyone,
I am simulating a two phase flow case in which a waterfront advances and I am using an UDF to track the interface. While I detect the advancing front and display the x-value of the centroid and also the VOF value in the cell by:
C_CENTROID(xc,c,t) and C_VOF(c,pt) resply,where ,pt= THREAD_SUB_THREAD(t,1), is the phase thread and t is the mixture thread. I have found that though the centroid does not change in two time steps the VOF value in the cell increases.
Does the VOF value get added instead of being calculated afresh every time step???
Please help.
Regards,
Indrajit

Shouldn't 'pt' in C_VOF(c,pt) have an index e.g. pt(1) for the phase in question?

pt[i], an element in the array, is a pointer to the corresponding phase-level thread for the ith phase, where i is the phase_domain_index. Source: UDF Manual.

C_VOF increases
 

Hi,
Vasava,
Thank you for your attention. However my THREAD_SUB_THREAD(t,1) specifies the required index and hence pt is not array of threads in this case but just thread pointer to the phase thread.So I guess that should not be a problem. Any thing else that can affect the VOF value to increase???
Regards,
Indrajit

I can't think of anything right now. Does this happen in between the simulation or from the beginning.

Hi again,
When I start the simulation it shows some value and then every iteration the value keeps on increasing!!! I have not checked how long the value keeps on increasing but increase in the value at the same place with the interface not moving seems odd!!

Did you use 'patch' after initialization?

If not then I suspect that this behavior is the effect of the initial condition or the initial state of the flow. You can run your simulation for bit longer and observe C_VOF. If it does not stabilizes to a reasonable range then there may be something wrong with the setup as well.

Hi,
Yes I had used patch after initialization. Perhaps this behavior is an effect of the initial flow. I will see if I can observe stable values along some later time steps.
Regards,
Indrajit