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Old   June 6, 2017, 13:42
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Hi all,

I am simulating a fully developed channel flow using RANS and cyclic boundary conditions. In order to do so I need to specify a reference pressure at a certain location. I have chosen a cell on one of the wall boundaries to have a reference pressure of 0 BUT after checking the converged solution the pressure at this cell is 0.029. I assumed the reference cell would maintain the reference pressure throughout the whole simulation - is this not the case?

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Just wondering, is it okay to put reference cell on the wall? Since normally we apply zeroGradient condition on the wall.
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I assumed that it wouldn't matter but you might be right. However, I'm not sure where else to put the reference point in a periodic channel. I need to be able to calculate forces on the wall so wouldn't they be dependent on the pressure field? And wouldn't changing the reference point subsequently change the force calculations?

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