Overview🔗

• Category: Basic
• transient
• incompressible

Equations🔗

Evolves a transport equation for the scalar \(T\)

\[\ddt{T} + \div (\u T) - \div (D_T \grad T ) = S_{T}\]

Input requirements🔗

Mandatory fields:

• U: velocity [m/s]
• T: scalar [-]

Physical models🔗

• Transport $FOAM_CASE/constant/transportProperties requirements:

  // Diffusion coefficient \[m2/s\]
  DT              4e-05;
  

Solution controls🔗

$FOAM_CASE/system/fvSchemes requirements:

• time schemes: ddt(T)
• gradient schemes: grad(T)
• divergence schemes: div(phi,T)
• laplacian schemes: laplacian(DT,T)

$FOAM_CASE/system/fvSolution requirements:

• solver entry for T

Further information🔗

Source code

• $FOAM_SOLVERS/basic/scalarTransportFoam

See also

• icoFoam
• pisoFoam

Tutorials

• $FOAM_TUTORIALS/basic/scalarTransportFoam