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    plenumPressureFvPatchScalarField: New plenum pressure boundary condition · 88561eea
    Henry Weller authored
    This condition creates a zero-dimensional model of an enclosed volume of
    gas upstream of the inlet. The pressure that the boundary condition
    exerts on the inlet boundary is dependent on the thermodynamic state of
    the upstream volume.  The upstream plenum density and temperature are
    time-stepped along with the rest of the simulation, and momentum is
    neglected. The plenum is supplied with a user specified mass flow and
    temperature.
    
    The result is a boundary condition which blends between a pressure inlet
    condition condition and a fixed mass flow. The smaller the plenum
    volume, the quicker the pressure responds to a deviation from the supply
    mass flow, and the closer the model approximates a fixed mass flow. As
    the plenum size increases, the model becomes more similar to a specified
    pressure.
    
    The expansion from the plenum to the inlet boundary is controlled by an
    area ratio and a discharge coefficient. The area ratio can be used to
    represent further acceleration between a sub-grid blockage such as fins.
    The discharge coefficient represents a fractional deviation from an
    ideal expansion process.
    
    This condition is useful for simulating unsteady internal flow problems
    for which both a mass flow boundary is unrealistic, and a pressure
    boundary is susceptible to flow reversal. It was developed for use in
    simulating confined combustion.
    
    tutorials/compressible/rhoPimpleFoam/laminar/helmholtzResonance:
        helmholtz resonance tutorial case for plenum pressure boundary
    
    This development was contributed by Will Bainbridge
    88561eea
    plenumPressureFvPatchScalarField: New plenum pressure boundary condition
    Henry Weller authored
    This condition creates a zero-dimensional model of an enclosed volume of
    gas upstream of the inlet. The pressure that the boundary condition
    exerts on the inlet boundary is dependent on the thermodynamic state of
    the upstream volume.  The upstream plenum density and temperature are
    time-stepped along with the rest of the simulation, and momentum is
    neglected. The plenum is supplied with a user specified mass flow and
    temperature.
    
    The result is a boundary condition which blends between a pressure inlet
    condition condition and a fixed mass flow. The smaller the plenum
    volume, the quicker the pressure responds to a deviation from the supply
    mass flow, and the closer the model approximates a fixed mass flow. As
    the plenum size increases, the model becomes more similar to a specified
    pressure.
    
    The expansion from the plenum to the inlet boundary is controlled by an
    area ratio and a discharge coefficient. The area ratio can be used to
    represent further acceleration between a sub-grid blockage such as fins.
    The discharge coefficient represents a fractional deviation from an
    ideal expansion process.
    
    This condition is useful for simulating unsteady internal flow problems
    for which both a mass flow boundary is unrealistic, and a pressure
    boundary is susceptible to flow reversal. It was developed for use in
    simulating confined combustion.
    
    tutorials/compressible/rhoPimpleFoam/laminar/helmholtzResonance:
        helmholtz resonance tutorial case for plenum pressure boundary
    
    This development was contributed by Will Bainbridge
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