Next: Model setting without an Up: Alternative formulation Previous: Alternative formulation Contents Index Boundary file - Stator Region File constant/polyMesh/boundary must be edited. First remove empty patches (w1, w2, w4-w6), rename non-empty patches and edit their properties13.5: 3 ( outlet { type patch; nFaces 241; startFace 1113896; } outlet_wall { type mappedWall; sampleMode nearestPatchFace; sampleRegion solid; samplePatch stator_inner_wall; offsetMode uniform; offset (0 0 0); nFaces 85370; startFace 1114137; } interface { type mappedPatch; sampleMode nearestPatchFace; sampleRegion rotor; samplePatch ring_0; offsetMode uniform; offset (0 0 0); nFaces 23566; startFace 1199507; } ) Patch outlet is a standard type patch, fluid can flow through. Patch outlet_wall is a wall of type mappedWall because heat transfer from fluid to solid is assumed. Patch interface is a mappedPatch to be connected to the rotor region of the model. OpenFOAM Training by CFD Support, CFD SUPPORT, info@cfdsupport.com +420 212 243 883 © CFD support, s.r.o., Sokolovská 270/201, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic