Vortex Shedding: Exercise 4—Assigning Boundary Conditions
Specifying Inlet Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions, General Boundaries select inlet.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
◦ Flow—Specified Velocity
◦ Method—Cartesian
◦ Velocity—1,0,0 m/s
Specifying Outlet Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions select outlet.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
◦ Flow—Specified Pressure Outlet
◦ Pressure—0 Pa
Specifying Symmetry Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions select symmetry.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
◦ Flow—Symmetry
Specifying Volume Conditions
1. Under Domains, select VORTEX_SHEDDING.
2. In the Properties panel, Model tab, set the following:
◦ For Common, under Density set the value to 1 kg/m3
◦ For Flow, set Viscosity to 0.01 Pa-s
◦ Under Initial Conditions, for Velocity set the value to 1, 1, 0