flow over sphere diverges
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Hello,
I have a problem with my simulation. I would simulate flow over a sphere by icoFoam. It is a quite simple simulation. The model is built in Salome. I created unstructured mesh and there is no prismatic mesh on the sphere's surface. The sphere is enclosed in a cubic computational domain, whose sizes are 20 times larger than sphere diameter. I defined in, out, wall and sphere. The boundary condition are: Pressure: in: zero-gradient out: fixedValue, uniform value 0 wall: zeroGradient sphere: zeroGradient Velocity: in:fixedValue, uniform(0.5,0,0); out: zeroGradient wall: noSlip sphere: noSlip The time step is 5e-4, it keeps maximum Courant number less than 0.2. This simulation goes well, but after 7.5 seconds(after 15000 timestep), divergence is occurred due to a large pressure near the out boundary. I have attached velocity and pressure distribution to this post. My question is: Is this divergence due to bad mesh quality? If I set wall as velocity zeroGradient, I think there is no problem. However, I have more interest in which boundary condition is the best to apply? I will appreciate any recommendation. I will be also glad if you share your experience. Thank you |
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