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Old   January 28, 2003, 12:40
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Jurgen
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I am using the standard k-e turbulence model in a quite large grid, about 1 mio. cells. I cannot improve the number on grid cells anymore. During iteration, I get the message that the turbulent viscosity is limited to a viscosity ratio of 1E+5. I know how to change this limit, this is not the point, more how to deal with this problem. Besides, the solution is converging very (!) slowly. Any ideas someone?

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Old   January 28, 2003, 15:56
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Erwin
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Some thoughts:

1) I don't know what a realistic limit for the ratio is. In the past there was some discussion whether such high turbulent viscosities were realistic or not. People disagreed. I guess it depends on what kind of flow problem you have, two-phase or single-phase, material properties etc. What i am trying to say: sometimes a ratio of 1e5 might be realistic ...

2) If you are sure it is not realistic you could try to fool the solver and set the limit to a lower value that is in the right ballpark, something like 5000 or so. That could force better convergence behavior.

3) Also, this message could indicate a mesh problem. Either something simple, like you forgot to scale the grid. Or something more problematic like cell skewness too high.

4) Last but not least: initialize with good values, also for k and epsilon. This can make a huge difference. If the flow field has been initialized poorly it can take ages for the solver to get out of it (as you may be experiencing). Reinitializing can save a lot of time.
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Old   January 29, 2003, 03:23
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Right, skewness, I have a few cells with skewness arounf 0.8. Couldn't get rid of tose without increasing the grid size even further. Thanks for the input, Jürgen
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