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fluid backflow stabilization

Module: fluid

Category: load

Type string: "fluid backflow stabilization"

Parameters

Name Description Default Units
beta beta 1 []

Description

In a fluid or fluid-FSI analysis, this boundary condition prescribes the normal component of the viscous traction, \(t_{n}^{\tau}=\mathbf{t}^{\tau}\cdot\mathbf{n}\), such that it opposes backflow, i.e., when \(v_{n}=\mathbf{v}\cdot\mathbf{n}\) is negative. Specifically, \(t_{n}^{\tau}=\beta\rho_{r}v_{n}^{2}\) when \(v_{n}<0\) and \(0\) otherwise, where \(\beta\) is a unitless user-defined parameter (typical values may range from 0 to 1) and \(\rho_{r}\) is the referential fluid density.

<surface_load type="fluid backflow stabilization" surface="surface1">
    <beta lc="1">1</beta>
</surface_load>