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Simulating pipe flow
Posted 08.01.2020, 00:53 GMT-5 Fluid & Heat, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Chemical Reaction Engineering, Geometry, Equation-Based Modeling 5 Replies
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Hello ,
I am trying to simulate fluid flow and couple to species transport in a pipe section of diameter(d) ~5 micrometers and it branched into two pipes of d/2 and merger to form a pipe of dia, d again.
Inlet velocity = 0.00018 m/s and pressure boundary condition is 10Pa.
While trying ot simulate, the fluid flow simulation fails with the following error
Undefined variable. - Variable: timestep - Geometry: geom1 - Boundaries: 2, 4 Failed to evaluate Jacobian of expression. - Expression: (comp1.dsp.stab_ds_c3)*(dvol)
I am also attaching the mph file. Any suggestions on how to resolve this error?
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I have simulated similar problems and my best bet would be to use finer mesh sizes. Let us know if that helps!
Moin
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I had a quick look at your model. Items 'Wall Mass Transfer 1' and 'Continuity 1' are not assigned to any boundary/domain.
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Hello Natasha,
the error occurs because set the equation form of the Transport of Diluted Species in Pipes interface was set to Time dependent. This setting introduces time dependent variables that the stationary solver can not handle.
The model will converge if you change this setting back to Study controlled or Stationary.
Success with your simulation project!
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Phillip
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I did nothing else but assigned 'Wall Mass Transfer 1' to all boundaries; thereafter the model converged.
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Hello Everyone, Thanks a lot for the suggestions and inputs. I've uncoupled the transport dynamics. I tried to solve for fluid flow.
I'm facing two problems, 1. Defining pressure boundary conditions In the documentation of pipe flow module it is mentioned, " The pressure condition can only be applied to a point which is connected to exactly one edge (inlet or outlet of a system)". However, by default in "Pressure 1" tab of pipe flow module in my file , the pressure BC is set to the outlet node. (If this is not possible in the pipe flow module , is there a possibility to use laminar flow module and simulate fluid flow in the same geometry using inlet pressure BC)
However, I'd like to change this to inlet (i.e. apply pressure BC to inlet). Any suggestions on how to do this will be really helpful.
- Regarding the type of friction flow model and convergence. I observed that if the Friction model ( in flow resistance tab of pipe properties 2,3,4) is set to "Churchill" the solver ocnveregs to a solution, if "User defined" and fD = 0 is set the solver doesn't converge. I'd like to ask for explanation on why this occurs.
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