diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fbe8dc333792309fc0c2bed18f0fcddaf6931cd1..196f70271af95eca193887c9e7cc299515592c5f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,23 +7,28 @@ In this repository, a new real gas model for hydrogen based on the Reference Flu ## OpenFOAM folder structure - +<img src="OpenFOAM_folder_structure.PNG" width="800"> ## Tutorial In a tutorial case of the flow through a critical flow Venturi nozzle, the usage of the new real gas model is shown. - - For the start of the simulation, do the following steps: -1. run `blockMesh && extrudeMesh` +1. run `blockMesh && extrudeMesh` to create the mesh 2. run either: - - `sonicFoam` or - - `decomposePar` and then `mpirun -np 4 sonicFoam -parallel` + - `sonicFoam > log &` or + - `decomposePar` (default number of processors is 4) and then `mpirun -np 4 sonicFoam -parallel > log &` to run the simulation For the post-processing, you might need to: + 3. run `reconstructPar` (if your case was decomposed before) +4. select the file "nozzle.foam" for the visualization in e. g. ParaView + +The distribution of the real gas Mach number is displayed in the figure below. + +<img src="CFVN.PNG" width="800"> + ## Acknowledgments This work was supported through the Joint Research Project “Metrology infrastructure for high-pressure gas and liquified hydrogen flows”. This project (20IND11 MetHyInfra) has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.