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    simpleFoam/SRFSimpleFoam: Added support for SIMPLEC · 38177526
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    SIMPLEC (SIMPLE-consistent) is selected by setting "consistent" option true/yes:
    
    SIMPLE
    {
        nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
        consistent yes;
    }
    
    which relaxes the pressure in a "consistent" manner and additional
    relaxation of the pressure is not generally necessary.  In addition
    convergence of the p-U system is better and reliable with less
    aggressive relaxation of the momentum equation, e.g. for the motorbike
    tutorial:
    
    relaxationFactors
    {
        equations
        {
            U               0.9;
            k               0.7;
            omega           0.7;
        }
    }
    
    The cost per iteration is marginally higher but the convergence rate is
    better so the number of iterations can be reduced.
    
    The SIMPLEC algorithm also provides benefit for cases with large
    body-forces, e.g. SRF, see tutorials/incompressible/SRFSimpleFoam/mixer
    and feature request http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1714
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