Boundary mesh type🔗

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

<patchName>
{
    type            patch;
    ...
}

General conditions🔗

Available outlet conditions include

• Inlet outlet
• acousticWaveTransmissive
• advective
• fluxCorrectedVelocity
• fluxCorrectedVelocity
• waveTransmissive

Velocity conditions🔗

• blocked return flow: see inlet outlet
• outflow: see zeroGradient. Note: unstable for reverse flow
• Pressure inlet outlet velocity
• matchedFlowRateOutletVelocity
• outletPhaseMeanVelocity

Pressure conditions🔗

• static pressure: see fixedValue
• fanPressure
• totalPressure

Temperature conditions🔗

• totalTemperature

Turbulence conditions🔗

• blocked return flow: see inlet outlet
• outflow: see zeroGradient. Note: unstable for reverse flow

Further information🔗

Source code:

• Foam::polyPatch
• Foam::fvPatch

See also

• grpOutletBoundaryConditions