SIMPLEC (SIMPLE-consistent) is selected by setting "consistent" option true/yes:
SIMPLE
{
nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
consistent yes;
}
which relaxes the pressure in a "consistent" manner and additional
relaxation of the pressure is not generally necessary. In addition
convergence of the p-U system is better and reliable with less
aggressive relaxation of the momentum equation, e.g. for the motorbike
tutorial:
relaxationFactors
{
equations
{
U 0.9;
k 0.7;
omega 0.7;
}
}
The cost per iteration is marginally higher but the convergence rate is
better so the number of iterations can be reduced.
The SIMPLEC algorithm also provides benefit for cases with large
body-forces, e.g. SRF, see tutorials/incompressible/SRFSimpleFoam/mixer
and feature request http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1714
The Phi field is read if available otherwise created automatically with
boundary conditions obtained automatically from the pressure field if
available (with optional name) otherwise inferred from the velocity
field. Phi Laplacian scheme and solver specification are required. See
tutorials for examples.
