{"id":157974,"date":"2021-04-29T18:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/dimensions-of-scalar-flux-boundary-condition-on-wall-using-fluent\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:54:27","slug":"dimensions-of-scalar-flux-boundary-condition-on-wall-using-fluent","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/dimensions-of-scalar-flux-boundary-condition-on-wall-using-fluent\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimensions of scalar flux boundary condition on wall (using Fluent)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to specify overall scalar flux through a wall boundary. According to Fluent&#039;s user guide:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>If you select Specified Flux, your input will be the value of the flux at the boundary (that is, the negative of the term in parenthesis on the left-hand side of in the Theory Guide) dot [as in the dot product of] [as in the vector, n], where is the normal into the domain)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The dimensions of the term which the guide is referring to are [kg m^-2 s^-1]. However, Fluent only lets me enter dimensionless values (see screenshot below). I think I am missing something, but not sure what it is. Could anyone help me?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/570\/KW7WC2Z6LAZS.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/570\/KW7WC2Z6LAZS.png\" alt=\"flux BC.PNG\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-157974","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-boundary-conditions","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-user-defined-scalar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["872"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["250536"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["157974"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","176372"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["176891"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["176891"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-05-06 10:54:27"]},"test":"sergio92"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/157974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/157974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}