Porous BC and VCs in Pointwise

Gambenius · February 12, 2020, 15:53

Hi, i need to model a porous radiator for a FSAE car in OpenFOAM, what boundary and volume conditions should i use on the radiator block and domains?
Meshing with Pointwise
I don't care about heat exchange, only about air speed since i'm working on the aerodynamics

dgarlisch · February 13, 2020, 12:08

You want to use the faceSet BC type for porous boundaries between volumes. The faceSet BCs are not inflated when the grid is exported from Pointwise. Instead, all the tri/quad faces in the BC patch are included in a faceset.

I am not sure which VC type is appropriate.

Gambenius · February 15, 2020, 07:42

Thanks it worked

February 12, 2020, 15:53	Porous BC and VCs in Pointwise	#1
Gambenius New Member Edoardo Gamba Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	Hi, i need to model a porous radiator for a FSAE car in OpenFOAM, what boundary and volume conditions should i use on the radiator block and domains? Meshing with Pointwise I don't care about heat exchange, only about air speed since i'm working on the aerodynamics

February 15, 2020, 07:42		#3
Gambenius New Member Edoardo Gamba Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	Thanks it worked dgarlisch likes this.