The Wall node includes a set of boundary conditions describing fluid-flow conditions at stationary, moving, and leaking walls.
No slip is the default boundary condition for a stationary solid wall for laminar flow (and SST, Low Re k-
ε, Algebraic yPlus, L-VEL, and Spalart–Allmaras turbulence models). The condition prescribes
u = 0; that is, the fluid at the wall is not moving.
The Slip option prescribes a no-penetration condition,
u·
n = 0. It is implicitly assumed that there are no viscous effects at the slip wall and hence, no boundary layer develops. From a modeling point of view, this can be a reasonable approximation if the main effect of the wall is to prevent fluid from leaving the domain.