kqRWallFunction

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Properties

  • The kqRWallFunction boundary condition provides a simple wrapper around the zero-gradient condition, which can be used for the turbulent kinetic energy, i.e. k, square-root of turbulent kinetic energy, i.e. q (e.g. in qZeta turbulence model), and Reynolds stress tensor fields, i.e. R (e.g. in LRR turbulence model), for the cases of high Reynolds number flow using wall functions.
  • The kqRWallFunction condition inherits the traits of the zeroGradientFvPatchField boundary condition.

Required fields (either of the below): 

k    | Turbulent kinetic energy                   [m2/s2]
q    | Square-root of turbulent kinetic energy    [m/s]
R    | Reynolds stress tensor                     [m2/s2]

Usage

Example of the boundary condition specification: 

<patchName>
{
    // Mandatory entries (unmodifiable)
    type            kqRWallFunction;

    // Optional (inherited) entries
    ...
}

where the entries mean:

Property Description Type Required Default
type Type name: kqRWallFunction word yes -

The inherited entries are elaborated in:

Further information

Tutorial

Source code

  • Foam::kqRWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField

History

  • Introduced in version 1.6