{"id":160622,"date":"2021-07-23T06:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T06:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/explicit-vof-vs-implicit-vof-for-laser-melting\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T07:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T07:04:04","slug":"explicit-vof-vs-implicit-vof-for-laser-melting","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/explicit-vof-vs-implicit-vof-for-laser-melting\/","title":{"rendered":"Explicit VOF vs Implicit VOF for Laser Melting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I am trying to melt a solid block using a moving laser. I am using VOF with Solidification\/Melting. Earlier I was going with Implicit VOF but the convergence was slow and then after some time the solution started to diverge. Then I read somewhere that Explicit VOF is better for transient simulations. My domain model is as shown in the picture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/132\/HDRDV966M7YN.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/132\/HDRDV966M7YN.png\" alt=\"FFF.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160622","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-courant-number","topic-tag-ExplicitVOF-1","topic-tag-ImplicitVOF-1","topic-tag-solidification-melting-1"],"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":["2239"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["242319"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["160622"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","22555","167859"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["19"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["186490"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["186490"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-07-28 07:04:04"]},"test":"pawan"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160622","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\/160622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}