Convergence in Free convection
 

Hi all,
I am new user of ANSYS/FLUENT 14.0, sometime i am running simulation of natural convection with boussinesq approximations for density, the simulations is going on with no error, residuals decreases rapidly at start and then constant. so i am confused that either i need to run for more iterations or it will not converge at all.
please guide

which level of does the residual decreases to.
could you pease upload your mesh system, and what is the Ra number.

All residuals decreases quickly to value close to convergence but then constant, means no further decrease. The mesh is simple rectangular box, with three walls adiabatic q''=0, and one side heating wall. Is there a role of Ra number to simulate natural convection. Also gravity value at -0.0098 gave convergence but when i increased it to -0.098 or -0.98, -9.8, situation is like i told.

I high Ra number means a convection intensity, i strongly suggest you to increase the mesh density as the increases of Ra number(increases of gravity).

Thanks, i decreased the mesh size and now its working, one more thing is that when i am using velocity inlet BC for natural convection flow with very small value 10^-m/s, its working but when i am using pressure inlet BC which is preferred with natural convection flow, its not converging with constant wall T & q''. Do u suggest me something to run it.