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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Fluids Reference Pressure Location? Reply To: Reference Pressure Location?

Karthik Remella
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Hello Reference Pressure is important for incompressible flow simulations without any pressure boundaries. This helps fix the pressure in the computational domain to a known value. If I understand your simulation, the location of the reference pressure should not affect your results. If you wish to read more about the reference pressure location, please have a look at the following link from the Fluent User's guide.
8.15. Using a Reference Pressure to Adjust the Gauge Pressure Field (ansys.com)
Karthik
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