Inlet but not outlet

mireis · June 10, 2010, 04:41

Hi!

I'm starting with FLUENT. I have a simple model: an enclosure with an inlet and an outlet. I use compressible Xenon as fluid and I would like to find the pressure at the outlet giving some conditions at the inlet. As if I impose in Gambit that the outlet is 'pressure_outlet' FLUENT obliges me to specify a pressure there and as I work with compressible fluids I cannot use the 'outflow' boundary condition... Should I impose that my outlet is an 'interface'? Or... is there any way in FLUENT to modelize this kind of problems entering only the conditions at the inlet? I don't want to impose any condition at the outlet.

Thanks

jans · June 10, 2010, 10:56

Isn't the "pressure drop" the important quantity (especially if your flow is incompressible or almost so)? In that case you can have a velocity inlet and a pressure outlet, and set the pr at the pr outlet to zero (just a reference pr), and after simlulation note the pr at the vel inlet.

Hope that helps

June 10, 2010, 04:41	Inlet but not outlet	#1
mireis New Member Mireia Ayop Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 15	Hi! I'm starting with FLUENT. I have a simple model: an enclosure with an inlet and an outlet. I use compressible Xenon as fluid and I would like to find the pressure at the outlet giving some conditions at the inlet. As if I impose in Gambit that the outlet is 'pressure_outlet' FLUENT obliges me to specify a pressure there and as I work with compressible fluids I cannot use the 'outflow' boundary condition... Should I impose that my outlet is an 'interface'? Or... is there any way in FLUENT to modelize this kind of problems entering only the conditions at the inlet? I don't want to impose any condition at the outlet. Thanks

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June 10, 2010, 10:56		#2
jans New Member Anirban Jana Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Posts: 19 Rep Power: 16	Isn't the "pressure drop" the important quantity (especially if your flow is incompressible or almost so)? In that case you can have a velocity inlet and a pressure outlet, and set the pr at the pr outlet to zero (just a reference pr), and after simlulation note the pr at the vel inlet. Hope that helps