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Old   August 11, 2008, 01:56
Default Hello, I do not think buoy
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Hello,

I do not think buoyantSimpleFoam is suitable for your application. Read more on boussinesqBuoyantFoam in the dev version. buoyantSimpleFoam uses the perfect gas equation to calculate the density of media, for your case with water, boussinesq approximation is most appropriate.

http://openfoam-extend.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/openfoam-extend/trunk/Core/Op enFOAM-1.4.1-dev/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/boussinesqBuoyantFoam/
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