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Old   September 5, 2012, 14:47
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I'm trying to understand the discretization blending factor Fluent has available (accessible through TUI solve/set/numerics). From what I see in the Fluent users' manual, a value of 0 will use a first order discretization while a value of 1 will "recover higher order discretization." It notes that in order to use it effectively, one of the higher order schemes must be selected for the desirable variables. Does that mean that I have to use at least a second order discretization for density, momentum, etc. in order for the blending to work properly?

I'm having convergence troubles at second order upwind so I'm trying to squeeze all the accuracy I can out of first order.
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Hi!

I have the same question. Do you find any answer?
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Nope, never did. I just pushed through second order by changing the relaxation factors.
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Yes you do need to have a second (or higher order) solution in order to be able to use the blending factor. In very simplistic terms, blending factor B can be defined as:

\phi  =  \phi_{first-order} +  B*(\phi_{higher-order}-\phi_{first-order})

Here \phi is the quantity like velocity, pressure etc.

Now, if you have a look at the equation, if B=0, we have results of first order and if B=1, we have results of higher order. But if you don't have a higher order solution, then \phi_{higher-order} becomes \phi_{first-order}, and for any value of B, you get the solution the same as \phi_{first-order}.

Hence it is necessary to have a second or higher order solution in order to use blending factor.

It is healthy to go gradually from first order to different blending factors (0.4, 0.7) etc depending on your unstability and then switch to second order, if you are having problems with direct second order solutions.

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Hello everyone,


It is exactly as oj.bulmer stated. When you have a blending factor of 1 active, the code uses all the settings specified under Spatial discretization in the Methods panel. On the other hand, when you use a BF of 0, the code always uses the first order upwind no matter what a scheme you specified. So, setting up a BF between 0 and 1 basically specifies interpolation between these schemes. A BF can, in some circumstances, help with oscillations which you can observe when you are using a higher order scheme. However, one should bare in mind that some accuracy is always lost. Therefore, you can think of the BF as a trade-off between numerical stability and accuracy of the solution. In my experience, by using a BF between 0 and 1, I was able to smooth out some oscillations in the solution variables, however I always got a less accurate solution, and the numerical value of the monitored variable was always between the values I got for the pure 1st Order or Higher order scheme. In some cases, I rather used a transient solver, which sometimes served a very similar purpose.Hope it might be helpful to someone.
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