solid conduction problem bc's
 

Hi everybody,

I'm solving a pure solid conduction 3D problem. In 2D I've learned that one should make the surface between 2 different materials as interior, however for some reason in 3D this does not work, as Fluent states that there's "only one adjacent cell thread". Does anybody have a solution for this? I don't want wall bc's because I want Fluent to calculate the temperature itself (the outside faces of the model have wall bc's). Thanks in advance.

Re: solid conduction problem bc's
 

Hi!

see:

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/fluent.cgi?read=64246

Ralf

Re: solid conduction problem bc's
 

Thanks Ralf! However, does patching imply that other boundary conditions will be overruled?

Re: solid conduction problem bc's
 

Hi!

the BC at the boundaries to the solid are as they were.

I don't know about the BCs of the solid itself... I guess, they will be conserved - as long as it is not a fixed temperature BC :)

Ralf

Re: solid conduction problem bc's
 

ah it was a fixed temperature BC however I solved the problem already, I seperated all necessary faces and remeshed, this way I can set the walls to interior... hard work but it paid off tnx anyway :)