A dual-pressure boundary condition has been developed for computational modelling of bifurcating conduits. The condition involves the imposition of a constant pressure on one branch while adjusting iteratively the pressure on the other branch until the desired flow division is obtained. The dual-pressure condition eliminates the need for specifying fully-developed flow conditions, which thereby enables significant reduction of the outlet branch lengths. The dual-pressure condition is suitable for both steady and time-periodic simulations of laminar or turbulent flows.
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