{"id":365935,"date":"2024-05-07T19:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/365935\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:34:57","slug":"365935","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/365935\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Natural convection convergence issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I have followed your steps (including patching), and got the following results. I also set the gauge pressure at both pressure outlets to 0 Pa as per point 3 &#8211; \/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/2041750.pdf. Mass flow rate exiting the chimney seems to have converged within around 5%, and the values are realistic. Contours and vector plots are much better and closer to expectation. However, residuals remain high. There is some reverse flow as pictured, could this potentially be causing convergence issues?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/07-05-2024-1715110180-mceclip0.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/07-05-2024-1715110264-mceclip2.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/07-05-2024-1715110299-mceclip3.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/07-05-2024-1715110357-mceclip4.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-365935","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have followed your steps (including patching), and got the following results. I also set the gauge pressure at both pressure outlets to 0 Pa as per point 3 - \/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/2041750.pdf. Mass flow rate exiting the chimney seems to have converged within around 5%, and the values are realistic. 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