Vortex Shedding: Exercise 4—Assigning Boundary Conditions
Specifying Inlet Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions, for General Boundaries select inlet.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
FlowSpecified Velocity
MethodCartesian
Velocity—1,0,0 m/s
Specifying Outlet Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions for General Boundaries select outlet.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
FlowSpecified Pressure Outlet
Pressure—0 Pa
Specifying Symmetry Boundary Conditions
1. Under Boundary Conditions for General Boundaries select symmetry.
2. In the Model tab select the following values for the options listed:
FlowSymmetry
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
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