The Inlet node prescribes the flow and turbulence conditions (when applicable) at a boundary where one or both phases enter the adjacent domain.
Selecting Mixture as the
Two-Phase Inlet Type, inlet conditions are prescribed for both phases. Selecting
Continuous phase or
Dispersed phase, inlet conditions are prescribed for the corresponding phase, while wall conditions are applied to the remaining phase.
When Dispersed phase is selected as the
Two-phase inlet type, the conditions applied to the continuous phase are
No slip (
uc=0) or
Slip (
uc·
n=0, and no viscous stresses in the tangential directions).
When Continuous phase is selected as the
Two-phase inlet type, the conditions applied to the dispersed phase are
No slip (
ud=0) or
Slip (
ud·
n=0, and no viscous stresses in the tangential directions).
(SI unit: kg/(m2·s)). This option prescribes the flux for the dispersed phase, but the resulting volume fraction at the inlet depends on the dispersed phase velocity, ud0.
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