About Hydrostatic Pressure

A hydrostatic pressure flow condition specifies the hydrostatic pressure for a simulation in which only fluid velocity is specified. The hydrostatic pressure is required by the Abaqus solvers when no other pressure condition is defined.

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Defining a Hydrostatic Pressure

There must be at least one pressure condition defined for each step of the simulation scenario. In other words, if no pressure outlet or volume-dependent pressure is defined, a hydrostatic pressure condition must be created.