Overview🔗
- Category: Heat transfer
- Transient
- Compressible
- Turbulence
- Thermophysical
- fvOptions
Usage🔗
Synopsis🔗
buoyantPimpleFoam [OPTIONS]
Examples
buoyantPimpleFoam -region region1
Input🔗
Arguments
No argument needed.
Options
-case <dir> Case directory (instead of current directory)
-decomposeParDict <file>
Alternative decomposePar dictionary file
-dry-run Check case set-up only using a single time step
-dry-run-write Check case set-up and write only using a single time step
-parallel Run in parallel
-postProcess Execute functionObjects only
-doc Display documentation in browser
-help Display short help and exit
-help-full Display full help and exit
Files
Fields
Property | Description | Type | Required | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
p |
Pressure [Pa] | volScalarField | yes | - |
p_rgh |
Pressure - hydrostatic contribution [Pa] | volScalarField | yes | - |
U |
Velocity [m/s] | volVectorField | yes | - |
T |
Temperature [K] | volScalarField | yes | - |
Models
-
turbulence:
constant/turbulenceProperties
-
heat transfer:
constant/thermophysicalModels
-
finite volume options:
constant/fvOptions
(optional)
Method🔗
The solver employs the PIMPLE algorithm to solve the following transport equations:
Further information🔗
Tutorial:
Source code:
History:
- Introduced in version 1.7.0