Conduction Between Concentric Thick-walled Cylinders

pongo · October 5, 2011, 16:43

Hi,

I am a new openFOAM user and try to get used to it through some "tutorials". I want to solve this problem in openFOAM:

http://www.esi-cfd.com/component/opt...,2/Itemid,206/

It is a simple conduction problem: solid-fluid-solid with fixed temperatures at the INNER and OUTER parts. I couldn't find a solver that can really handle this. So far, I simply used the basic scalarTransportFoam and just neglected the wall-thickness... that was not a big deal. But I want to simulate the entire problem..conduction through solid and fluid. The only heat transfer that has to be taken into account is conduction.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks..!

pongo · October 10, 2011, 14:24

no one can help?

nsf · October 11, 2011, 14:33

I have no experience of this kind of simulation but maybe this solver is a starting point,

Code:

OpenFOAM-2.0.x/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam

Good luck!

/N

October 5, 2011, 16:43	Conduction Between Concentric Thick-walled Cylinders	#1
pongo New Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 14	Hi, I am a new openFOAM user and try to get used to it through some "tutorials". I want to solve this problem in openFOAM: http://www.esi-cfd.com/component/opt...,2/Itemid,206/ It is a simple conduction problem: solid-fluid-solid with fixed temperatures at the INNER and OUTER parts. I couldn't find a solver that can really handle this. So far, I simply used the basic scalarTransportFoam and just neglected the wall-thickness... that was not a big deal. But I want to simulate the entire problem..conduction through solid and fluid. The only heat transfer that has to be taken into account is conduction. Can anyone help me? Thanks..!

October 11, 2011, 14:33		#3
nsf Senior Member Nicolas Edh Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 123 Rep Power: 18	I have no experience of this kind of simulation but maybe this solver is a starting point, Code: OpenFOAM-2.0.x/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam Good luck! /N

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October 10, 2011, 14:24		#2
pongo New Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 14	no one can help?