First simulation by Bahram Haddadi

• contributor: Bahram Haddadi, Clemens Gößnitzer, Jozsef Nagy, Vikram Natarajan, Sylvia Zibuschka, Yitong Chen
• affiliation: Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Austira
• contact: click here for email address
• OpenFOAM version: OpenFOAM v10
• Published under: CC BY-NC-SA license (creative commons licenses)
• Editorial board: Bahram Haddadi, Christian Jordan, Michael Harasek

Basic case setup

Explanation: Using icoFoam solver, simulate 75 s of flow in an elbow.

Objective:

• Basic case setup in OpenFOAM
• Setting up initial values of p and U
• Ensuring proper boundary definitions

Download pdf here.

Picture: Bahram Haddadi, TU Wien