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Old   November 2, 2013, 01:00
Default flow around a circular cylinder with velocity inlet and outflow outlet
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i'm solving a 2d flow around a circular cylinder case with interFoam solver.

but i don't know how to set velocity inlet and outflow outlet BC's with water dielectric. can anyone help to check my files. thanks in advance.

boundary file
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       polyBoundaryMesh;
    location    "constant/polyMesh";
    object      boundary;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

4
(
    fb
    {
        type            empty;
        nFaces          36000;
        startFace       35880;
    }
    cylinder
    {
        type            wall;
        nFaces          120;
        startFace       71880;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            patch;
        nFaces          60;
        startFace       72000;
    }
    inlet
    {
        type            patch;
        nFaces          60;
        startFace       72060;
    }
)

// ************************************************************************* //
U file
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    location    "0";
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform (1e-6 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (1e-6 0 0);
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            freestream;
	freestreamValue uniform (1e-6 0 0);
    }
    cylinder
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    fb
    {
        type            empty;
    }
}


// ************************************************************************* //
p_rgh file
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    object      p_rgh;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    inlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            freestreamPressure;
    }
    cylinder
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    fb
    {
        type            empty;
    }
}

// ************************************************************************* //
alpha1 file
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.1                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      alpha1;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    inlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    cylinder
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    fb
    {
        type            empty;
    }
}


// ************************************************************************* //
transportProperties flie
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "constant";
    object      transportProperties;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

    rho             rho [ 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 ] 1000;
    nu              nu [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;

phase1
{
    transportModel  Newtonian;
    nu              nu [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
    rho             rho [ 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 ] 1000;
    CrossPowerLawCoeffs
    {
        nu0             nu0 [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        nuInf           nuInf [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        m               m [ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ] 1;
        n               n [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0;
    }

    BirdCarreauCoeffs
    {
        nu0             nu0 [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 0.0142515;
        nuInf           nuInf [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        k               k [ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ] 99.6;
        n               n [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0.1003;
    }
}

phase2
{
    transportModel  Newtonian;
    nu              nu [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1.5e-05;
    rho             rho [ 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 ] 1;
    CrossPowerLawCoeffs
    {
        nu0             nu0 [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        nuInf           nuInf [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        m               m [ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ] 1;
        n               n [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0;
    }

    BirdCarreauCoeffs
    {
        nu0             nu0 [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 0.0142515;
        nuInf           nuInf [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 1e-06;
        k               k [ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ] 99.6;
        n               n [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0.1003;
    }
}

sigma           sigma [ 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 ] 0.07;


// ************************************************************************* //
controlDict flie
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application     interFoam;

startFrom       startTime;

startTime       0;

stopAt          endTime;

endTime         200;

deltaT          0.001;

writeControl    timeStep;

writeInterval   1;

purgeWrite      0;

writeFormat     ascii;

writePrecision  6;

writeCompression compressed;

timeFormat      general;

timePrecision   6;

runTimeModifiable yes;

adjustTimeStep  no;

maxCo           0.5;

maxAlphaCo      0.5;

maxDeltaT       1;

functions
(
	forces
	{
		type forces;
		functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so");
		outputControl timeStep;
		outputInterval 1;
		patches (cylinder);
		pName p;
		UName U;
		log true;
		rhoInf 1000;
		CofR (0 0 0);
	}

	forceCoeffs
	{
		type forceCoeffs;
		functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so");
		outputControl   timeStep;
		outputInterval  1;
		patches (cylinder);
		pName p;
		UName U;
		log true;
		rhoName rhoInf;
		rhoInf 1000;
		CofR (0 0 0);
		dragDir (1 0 0);
		liftDir (0 1 0);
		pitchAxis (0 0 1);
		magUInf 1e-6;
		lRef 1;
		Aref 1;
	}
);

// ************************************************************************* //
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Old   March 3, 2014, 10:42
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Dear Yao Lu,

do you know how to fix your problem. I'm absolutely looking something similar to your case.

I need your help please
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