How do I specify boundary conditions in Femlab for a circular system?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around specifying boundary conditions (BC) in Femlab for a circular system. Participants explore various methods and approaches to define these conditions, particularly at the center of a circle, and seek clarification on related concepts.

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  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested
  • Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant asks how to apply boundary conditions at the center of a circle.
  • Another participant suggests that more detail is needed and questions whether "Femlab" refers to Fermilab.
  • A participant discusses potential energy in gravitational or electromagnetic fields, relating it to boundary conditions, but it remains unclear how this directly applies to the original question.
  • One participant proposes introducing a geometric entity at the center of the circle as a simple solution, mentioning the possibility of editing the model later.
  • Another participant recommends looking for internal boundary conditions in the software or replacing the disk with a donut to apply regular boundary conditions near the center.
  • A new participant expresses interest in specifying boundary conditions through coefficients and seeks help with a specific example involving zero mass transfer in a 1D system.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best method to specify boundary conditions at the center of the circle, and multiple competing views and approaches are presented.

Contextual Notes

Some responses depend on specific software capabilities and may not address all assumptions or limitations of the methods discussed.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals working with Femlab or similar software, particularly those dealing with circular geometries and boundary condition specifications.

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Does anybody know how to put BC at the center of a circle.
 
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In terms of the complex plane? Just a guess, we may need more detail. By Femlab do you mean Fermilab?
 
Potential energy, in the case of a mass (or charge) in typical gravitational (or electromagnetic) field, is zero approaching infinite radius and approaches infinity negatively at zero radius; in such a field, kinetic energy that is zero approaching infinite radius approaches infinity at zero radius.

Did I get it right?
 
mery said:
Does anybody know how to put BC at the center of a circle.

I'll take a tad different approach :smile: . The easiest way is to introduce some sort of a geometric entity to the center of the circle, for example when doing the model in the first place. You can edit it later however if you've just drawn a circle ... from under "draw" go an edit the section and then 'reassemble' it again with the new geometric features (for example after having sliced the circle, added a point at its center etc.). There are other ways of doing it without modding the domain, but wouldn't go there first if just need the simplest solution available.
 
I think you should give more details about your specific problem but anyway, you have to look for internal BC in your software. If this is not possible, just replace the disk with a donut whose internal radius is very small. In this way you will be able to apply regular BCs near the center of the computational domain.
 
Hi everyone. I'm interested to know more on the way to input BC by specifying the coefficients. Have been reading the manual but still blur. Example, specifying zero mass transfer at the end of a column in a 1D system. Lil help pls?
 

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