buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam.C File Reference

Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids. More...

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Detailed Description

Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids.

Original source file buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam.C

Uses the Boussinesq approximation:

\[ rho_{k} = 1 - beta(T - T_{ref}) \]

where: \( rho_{k} \) = the effective (driving) density beta = thermal expansion coefficient [1/K] T = temperature [K] \( T_{ref} \) = reference temperature [K]

Valid when:

\[ \frac{beta(T - T_{ref})}{rho_{ref}} << 1 \]

Definition in file buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam.C.