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Chris Greenshields 2a9a2d0e7a Template cases: apply entrainmentPressure BC for p at outlet patches
The boundary condition applied to pressure at open boundaries and outlets is switched
from totalPressure to entrainmentPressure. The latter boundary condition is more robust
since it calculates the pressure for inflow using (velocity) fluxes rather than velocity
on the patch.
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Overview
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+ This is a template case with single inlet and outlet
+ Setup to run the incompressibleFluid solver module
+ The case is designed to be meshed with snappyHexMesh
+ snappyHexMesh is setup to use a single trisurface file named CAD.obj
+ Copy the CAD.obj file to the constant/geometry directory
+ The CAD.obj should contain an inlet and outlet region to create the relevant
  patches in the mesh

Background Mesh
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+ The user should establish the bounds of their CAD.obj file
+ The blockMeshDict file contains a backgroundMesh subditionary
+ For internal flows, where CAD.obj describes the external boundary, set xMin,
  xMax, etc to be beyond the CAD.obj bounds
+ For external flows, the background mesh can define the external boundary by
  uncommenting entries, e.g. left, in the boundary section of blockMeshDict
+ Set background mesh density with xCells, yCells, zCells
+ Run blockMesh

Castellated Mesh
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+ In the snappyHexMeshDict file, replace <inletPatch> with the name of the inlet
  region in the CAD.obj file
+ Replace <outletPatch> with the name of the outlet region
+ run snappyHexMesh to obtain a castellatedMesh
+ Review the mesh; modify refinement levels and regenerate the mesh as required
  (levels are set in refinementSurfaces and refinementRegions)

Snapped Mesh
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+ In snappyHexMeshDict, set castellatedMesh off; snap on;
+ Run the snapping phase of snappyHexMesh
+ Review the mesh

Layers
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+ To add layers to the mesh along wall boundary patches...
+ Switch on addLayers; switch snap off;
+ Run snappyHexMesh
+ The number of layers can be changed by modifying nSurfaceLayers

Initialisation
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+ In the field files in the 0 directory, set inlet values
+ For example, in 0/U, set the inlet velocity Uinlet
+ Set the viscosity in constant/transportProperties