Boundary mesh type🔗

Inlet conditions are specified using the patch type entry in the $FOAM_CASE/constant/polyMesh/boundary file:

<patchName>
{
    type            patch;
    ...
}

General conditions🔗

Available inlet conditions include

• Outlet inlet

Velocity conditions🔗

• fixed velocity: fixedValue
• Turbulent DF-SEM
• activeBaffleVelocity
• activePressureForceBaffleVelocity
• cylindricalInletVelocity
• flowRateInletVelocity

Pressure conditions🔗

• fixed static pressure: see fixedValue
• flow inlet: see zeroGradient
• fanPressure
• fixedFluxPressure
• fixedMean
• fixedPressureCompressibleDensity

Temperature conditions🔗

• fixed temperature: fixedValue

Turbulence conditions🔗

• Turbulent intensity kinetic energy
• Turbulent mixing length dissipation rate
• Turbulent mixing length frequency

Further information🔗

Source code:

• Foam::polyPatch
• Foam::fvPatch

See also

• grpInletBoundaryConditions