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Forum: OpenFOAM Pre-Processing

January 22, 2015, 12:16

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How to use constant alpha contact angle in OF 2.1.1

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Posted By michielm

You can simply use walls { ...

You can simply use

walls
{
type dynamicAlphaContactAngle;
theta0 45;
thetaA 60;
thetaR 30;
uTheta 0.01;...

Forum: OpenFOAM Pre-Processing

January 7, 2014, 01:26

Replies: 18

How to use constant alpha contact angle in OF 2.1.1

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Posted By michielm

The dynamicAlphaContactAngle is not a physically...

The dynamicAlphaContactAngle is not a physically correct model for the dynamic contact angle so it will be hard to give you values that lead to physically correct behaviour without fitting...

Forum: OpenFOAM Pre-Processing

March 11, 2013, 03:26

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How to use constant alpha contact angle in OF 2.1.1

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Posted By michielm

I indeed think you need to use the...

I indeed think you need to use the dynamicAlphaContactAngle BC or, even better, a more realistic implementation for the dynamic contact angle like the Cox-Voinov model. The latter would require you...

Forum: OpenFOAM Pre-Processing

March 9, 2013, 10:22

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How to use constant alpha contact angle in OF 2.1.1

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Posted By michielm

Hi Sandy, I guess you used the zeroGradient BC?...

Hi Sandy,
I guess you used the zeroGradient BC? That is indeed going to give pretty different results.

To use the constantAlphaContactAngle BC you need to specify it in 0/alpha1 on the patch...

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