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Old   September 24, 2011, 16:15
Question VOF is Transient Or steady?
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Hi freinds!

in Your point of view VOF solution method is transient or steady state in hydrodynamic analysis????
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Old   September 26, 2011, 03:07
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Fluent UG recommends to treat vof cases as unsteady cases. often PISO algorithm is preferred.
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You can read all about it in the User's Guide. Transient is the logical way to use the VOF method, though they do allow a steady-state solution if it's meaningful in your situtation.
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