[fpmhadi]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to implement a mixing layer case in OpenFOAM.

My geometry is a square with two inlets, one in left hand side and one in right hand side and of course two outlets opposite to inlets in left and right. Upper and lower walls are fixedWalls. I have attached my mesh.

I edited 0/p and 0/U as follows:

0/p:
boundaryField
{

inlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}

outlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform 0;
}

fixedWalls
{
type zeroGradient;
}

frontAndBack
{
type empty;
}
}

0/U:
boundaryField
{

inlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (1 0 0);
}

outlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}

fixedWalls
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}

frontAndBack
{
type empty;
}
}

But, I know that there is something wrong in 0/U, because must assign different values for velocity U in right and left patches. The problem is that I do not know how to do it.

Would you please help me through it?

Thank you,
fpmhadi

[MartinB]

Hi fpmhadi,

you must name your inlets differently, like: "inlet_left" and "inlet_right". Then you can assign individual vectors for U.

The patch definition with the new names must be done in your blockMeshDict, too.

Martin

[fpmhadi]

Hi Martin,

Thank you very much.

I tried to name the inlets differently, but it did not work, because I did not know the correct syntax.

I edited blockMeshDict, 0/p and 0/U as follows:

blockMeshDict:
patches
(
patch inlet_right
(
(5 11 9 3)
)

patch inlet_left
(
(0 6 8 2)
)

0/p:
boundaryField
{

inlet_right
{
type zeroGradient;
}

inlet_left
{
type zeroGradient;
}

0/U:
boundaryField
{

inlet_right
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (-1 0 0);
}

inlet_left
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (1 0 0);
}

I really appreciate your instructions.

fpmhadi