Time step in steady state solver

anupammishra · November 15, 2015, 02:28

I have run a simulation with steady state solver simpleFOAM, What do the time steps mean in that case?
For example When I try to run the simulation with transient solver such as pimpleFOAM , the time steps generally mean the flow condition at that time instant.

jherb · November 15, 2015, 17:14

The time step and the time step size are just dummy variables in the SIMPLE loop. You can set the time step size to 1 (but it should not matter).

anupammishra · November 15, 2015, 22:10

Thanks jherb for your quick response
So basically the time instant 10 with time step size 1 is equal to time instant 20 with time step size 2.

November 15, 2015, 02:28	Time step in steady state solver	#1
anupammishra New Member Anupam Mishra Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I have run a simulation with steady state solver simpleFOAM, What do the time steps mean in that case? For example When I try to run the simulation with transient solver such as pimpleFOAM , the time steps generally mean the flow condition at that time instant.

November 15, 2015, 17:14		#2
jherb Senior Member Joachim Herb Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Rep Power: 21	The time step and the time step size are just dummy variables in the SIMPLE loop. You can set the time step size to 1 (but it should not matter). kh.aa likes this.

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November 15, 2015, 22:10		#3
anupammishra New Member Anupam Mishra Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thanks jherb for your quick response So basically the time instant 10 with time step size 1 is equal to time instant 20 with time step size 2.