CFD Online Discussion Forums - interFoam rotating cylinder pressure BC problem

Hi,

I'm currently using interFoam to model a rotating cylinder containing mostly water, with air in a small fraction at the top. I initially tried using swak4Foam to create expressions for 0/U on the walls and base of my cylinder making them, for example, (-Rsin(theta), Rcos(theta), 0) for the walls, and similar for the bottom. I have since moved to rotatingWallVelocity in the hope that the wall term would change my problem, but it seems to have made no difference.

When I visualise the results (currently I only have results for a short simulated time, t around 1 second in etc, although am running a 20s duration calculation on a coarser mesh to try track this down), the velocity is set nicely on the boundaries, but then does not diffuse inwards. Instead, the vortex formed in the centre on the axis diffuses velocity outwards.

If anyone has any recommendations (preferably avoiding redesigning my mesh, but if that is necessary then so be it), I would very much appreciate your help.

My BC files are below

p.s.
Looking at my BC files again, I realise it may appear as though there is a hole in my bucket... This is not the case, although the mesh was designed to allow me to set one up, probably using a pressureOutlet condition, or something. As it stands, the outlet should (I hope) behave in exactly the same way as the bottom boundary/patch.

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Code:

 object      p_rgh;

}

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //



dimensions      [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0];



internalField   uniform 0;



boundaryField

{

    sides

    {

        type            fixedGradient;

    gradient        uniform 0;

    }



    bottom

    {

        type            fixedGradient;

        gradient        uniform 0;

    }



    outlet

    {

        type            fixedGradient;

        gradient        uniform 0;

    }



    top

    {

        type            totalPressure;

        p0              uniform 0;

        U               U;

        phi             phi;

        rho             rho;

        psi             none;

        gamma           1;

        value           uniform 0;

    }

}

Code:

  object      U;

}

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //



dimensions      [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];



internalField   uniform (0 0 0);



boundaryField

{

    sides

    {

    type    movingWallVelocity;

    axis    (0 0 1);

    origin     (0 0 0);

    omega    1;

    value    uniform (0 0 0);

    }

    

   bottom   

    {

    type    movingWallVelocity;

    axis    (0 0 1);

    origin    (0 0 0);

    omega    1;

    value    uniform (0 0 0);

    }



    outlet

    {

    type    movingWallVelocity;

    axis    (0 0 1);

    origin    (0 0 0);

    omega    1;

    value    uniform (0 0 0);

    }



    top

    {

        type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;

    value        uniform (0 0 0);

    }

    

}