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integral power boundary condition
Posted 17.06.2009, 18:05 GMT-4 1 Reply
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can somebody plese tell me how i can impose a boundary condition on the weakly compressible navier stokes equation that keeps the input power over the boundary fixed to a given value.
i know i read about it somewhere but can't find it now.
i defined a boundary integral coupling variable on the boundary but when i entered it into equation system/boundary settings/ weak constraint the solution comes up with the wrong value for the integrated power.
what is the correct way of entering this kind of boundary condition?
thank you
i know i read about it somewhere but can't find it now.
i defined a boundary integral coupling variable on the boundary but when i entered it into equation system/boundary settings/ weak constraint the solution comes up with the wrong value for the integrated power.
what is the correct way of entering this kind of boundary condition?
thank you
1 Reply Last Post 18.06.2009, 13:27 GMT-4
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Hi Robert,
The general approach to specify integral constraints, is to set-up an integration coupling variable (that specifies the integral of the quantity of interest) and then also add a global equation (Physics>Global equations) that introduces a new degree of freedom and its equation specifies the constraint (so that the integral =1 say). Then this new degree of freedom is used somewhere in the model (in the boundary conditions, for example).
You can see such an example (for a flow problem) in the Heat Transfer Module Model Library>Process & Manufacturing>Turbulent Heat Exchanger (where the mass flux is used to calculate the inlet pressure).
Mina Sierou, COMSOL Inc.
The general approach to specify integral constraints, is to set-up an integration coupling variable (that specifies the integral of the quantity of interest) and then also add a global equation (Physics>Global equations) that introduces a new degree of freedom and its equation specifies the constraint (so that the integral =1 say). Then this new degree of freedom is used somewhere in the model (in the boundary conditions, for example).
You can see such an example (for a flow problem) in the Heat Transfer Module Model Library>Process & Manufacturing>Turbulent Heat Exchanger (where the mass flux is used to calculate the inlet pressure).
Mina Sierou, COMSOL Inc.