{"id":441311,"date":"2025-09-11T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:01:24","slug":"question-about-generating-porous-jumps","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Question about generating Porous Jumps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;I have tried making control volumes and imprinting faces, but the only times I can imprint faces is if the surfaces extend beyond the boundary of the solid being imprinted upon, which conflicts with my earlier requirements.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;So in a nutshell: I would like to have a large control volume with two surfaces inside that I can set up as porous jumps and alter the permeability and whatnot&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone can provide tips or even a link to videos that might be useful, I would greatly appreciate that!&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-441311","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-porous-jump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Learning Forum | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/porous-jump\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"porous-jump\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/porous-jump\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"porous-jump\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/porous-jump\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Question about generating Porous Jumps\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Question about generating Porous Jumps\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/porous-jump\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"porous-jump\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Learning Forum\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/\",\"name\":\"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum\",\"description\":\"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Learning Forum\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/forum\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum","description":"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/#listItem","name":"porous-jump"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"porous-jump","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/#listItem","name":"Question about generating Porous Jumps"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Question about generating Porous Jumps","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/#listItem","name":"porous-jump"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/#organization","name":"Ansys Learning Forum","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/","name":"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum","description":"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/","name":"Ansys Learning Forum","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Learning Forum | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum","og:description":"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/","article:published_time":"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-09-11T17:01:24+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Question about generating Porous Jumps | Ansys Learning Forum","twitter:description":"Hello, I am trying to simulate wind turbine performance without importing specific geometries by installing porous jump zones that reduce the velocity of the incoming flow. However, the goal is to see the wake development distance and everything, so I need the porous jump faces to be surrounded by freestream volume. I have tried making control"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"441311","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-19 18:33:18","updated":"2026-09-18 19:59:09","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/\" title=\"porous-jump\">porous-jump<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tQuestion about generating Porous Jumps\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/topics\/"},{"label":"porous-jump","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic-tag\/porous-jump\/"},{"label":"Question about generating Porous Jumps","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-generating-porous-jumps\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["441311"],"_bbp_author_ip":["128.46.3.1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["441348"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["441348"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-09-12 10:33:41"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["591885","199"],"_btv_view_count":["1544"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["199"]},"test":"rathimpurdue-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/441311","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\/441311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}