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Old   June 1, 2009, 09:31
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Hello,
How would setting the values for k and the turbulence length scale for the SST turbulence model effect the convergence of a problem ? As I understand the length scale is used to calculate epsilon at the inlet. However if the problem to be solved is a flow over a wing , and the wing is far several chord lengths away from the inlet, I find in contour plots that the kinetic turbulent energy decreases rapidly after the inlet. So what difference does it actually make if I set the turbulence length scale to be the thickness of the wing or the thickness of the boundary layer ?
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