CFD Analysis of a Smoking Pipe | Part 10 | Solver Set-up & First Simulation | ∇ OpenFOAM® v8
Channel: Holzmann CFD
Date: 2021-02-08

Dear #OpenFOAM community, today we create the first #CFD analysis using the steady-state solver »simpleFoam«. The training video will go through the missing files one needs to start the simulation and a more detailed explanation regarding the »fvSolution and fvSchemes« files is presented. In the end, a short investigation into the calculated data is done and a nice hack in #ParaView is presented to display the »Glyphs« filter more advanced.


Timeline and topics that are discovered:

00:00    Introduction 
01:00    Short introduction about what we are doing in the first simulation and explaining the simpleFoam solver
02:20    Start the simpleFoam solver and analyzing the output (error) while giving general information about the fvSolution and fvSchemes files
07:10    Explicit explanation of the fvSchemes file 
12:42    Explicit explanation of the fvSolution file
14:05    Explicit explanation of the algorithm sub-dictionary we are using (brief)
18:14    A few words regarding the field and matrix relaxation

19:40    The transportProperties file that handles the fluid in use
21:30    The momentumTransport file that handles the methodology we are using (laminar, RAS, LES)
23:42    Generals hint regarding steady-state simulation and the controlDict settings - especially the time information
28:15    Analyze the converged data using #ParaView
31:50    Glyph hack for #ParaView
35:00    Outlook to the next video



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Keep foaming,
Tobi