Square Wave Profile
 

Dear All,

How do I generate a square wave profile for a pressure inlet boundary condition? I tried FFT but there are some problems with this. I need this to be a discontinous flow, because my pressure needs to have a square profile from 0 psi to 180 psi. I do not know how to write this as a UDF code. Can someone please help me?

Thanks. Manish

Re: Square Wave Profile
 

Hi, I've incluced a modified version of a UDF I used to prescribe a time-dependent velocity at the inlet of a pipe. I've modified it quickly so check for errors.

To use this, either interpret or compile this UDF and go to define/boundary-conditions. Choose the face on which you want to use the pressure pulse and choose the UDF named "pressurepulse" in this case.

If you need more details, let me know.

Regards, David ---------------------------------------------------

#include "udf.h"

DEFINE_PROFILE(pressurepulse, thread, position) { real x[ND_ND]; float t, velocity,w,y,z; face_t f;

t = RP_Get_Real("flow-time"); w=floor (t); z=t-w;/* z is ranging from 0 to 1 in this case but the time variable could be modified */

if (z<0.4) pressure = 0; else pressure =180;

begin_f_loop(f, thread) {

F_CENTROID(x,f,thread);

y = x[1];

F_PROFILE(f, thread, position) = pressure;

} end_f_loop(f, thread)

}

Re: Square Wave Profile
 

Thanks David,

I have question regarding your UDF, how can I change the requecy in your code like if I need to create square wave from 0 to 90 PSI, and 90 PSI from 0 to 0.5 sec and it is 0 from 0.5 to 1., asn so on.

thanks in advance