scalarTransportFoam

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Equations
• Input requirements
  • Physical models
  • Solution controls
• Further information

Overview

• Category: Basic
• transient
• incompressible

Equations

Evolves a transport equation for the scalar \( T \)

\[ \ddt{T} + \div (\u T) - \div (D_T \grad T ) = S_{T} \]

Input requirements

Mandatory fields:

• U: velocity [m/s]
• T: scalar [-]

Physical models

• Transport $FOAM_CASE/constant/transportProperties requirements:

  // Diffusion coefficient [m2/s]
  DT              4e-05;
  

Solution controls

$FOAM_CASE/system/fvSchemes requirements:

• time schemes: ddt(T)
• gradient schemes: grad(T)
• divergence schemes: div(phi,T)
• laplacian schemes: laplacian(DT,T)

$FOAM_CASE/system/fvSolution requirements:

• solver entry for T

Further information

Source code

• $FOAM_APP/solvers/basic/scalarTransportFoam

See also

• icoFoam
• pisoFoam

Tutorials

• $FOAM_TUTORIALS/basic/scalarTransportFoam

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