{"id":381490,"date":"2024-09-04T06:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/air-bearing-simulation-divergence-in-continuity\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T06:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:21:15","slug":"air-bearing-simulation-divergence-in-continuity","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/air-bearing-simulation-divergence-in-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"AIr Bearing Simulation &#8211; Divergence in Continuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello ! I am simulating an air bearing model in Fluent. I have a pressure inlet of 5 bar and atmospheric pressure outlet. I am using Laminar flow under steady conditions (since this is the assumption made in the books). I am getting divergence in the continuity equation and reversed flow. What to do ?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/04-09-2024-1725430632-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/04-09-2024-1725430812-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately I am computing the Surface integral of pressure to get load capacity.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-381490","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-bearing","topic-tag-divergence-detected","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-reverse-flow-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["178177","199842","39507"],"_bbp_author_ip":["14.139.152.98"],"_btv_view_count":["298"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["381490"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["39507","178177","199842"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["381615"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["381615"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-09-05 10:52:34"]},"test":"shrav007"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/381490","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\/381490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}