Hello everybody,

I try to model free convection inside vertical cylindrical container with elliptical bottom end. I cannot find how to calculate heat and mass fluxes (or flow rates) through horizontal plain, which divides elliptical and cylindrical parts. It is not a physical boundary, just a geometrical figure. For meshing I am using GMSH 4.8.4. Could someone help me please.

Hello everybody 

At the moment I am doing a heat radiation simulation with the viweFactor model in OpenFOAM 8. It is about modeling the solar radiation on a mirror and reflecting it to a plate, I am not using the solid domains but I am modeling only the air domain. My problem is that I don't know which are the files or directories that I need to model the radiation with the viewFaxctor model?

Could you help me with an example, so I can develop my case study?

Thanks 

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