I am working on a project which requires check valves (=one-way valves) in order to prevent backflow in a pipe in a transient simulation. In a given moment, the fluid flows in the opposite direction, which does not happen in real life as a result of the check valves.
Is there a tool/setting in SimScale (in the boundary conditions I suppose) that would constrain the fluid to flow in only one direction?
To be specific, I’d like to constrain the flows in the following sections to be flowing in specific directions:
Thank you for your response. The momentum source only lets you specify an average velocity which is not what I need.
In my case, from t=0sec to t=2sec, the fluid will be flowing from point A to point B. But from t=2sec to t=4sec, I need to create a virtual boundary or a one-way valve as the flow will want to flow from point B to point A which I do not want. The momentum source does not let me vary the average velocity as a function of time.
This used to be possible a few years ago with the 6 DoF solver (e.g. this project), however this solver was discontinued quite a while back.
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Now, it’s difficult to suggest alternatives without a project link & more information about the objectives, but would it be a possibility to simplify the non return valve with a time-dependent velocity inlet boundary condition (i.e. remove the valve and leave just a patch for the boundary condition)? For example, from 0 to 2 seconds, you have a value of x; from 2 seconds onwards, you have 0 velocity.
