CFD Online Logo CFD Online URL
www.cfd-online.com
[Sponsors]
Home > Forums > Software User Forums > OpenFOAM

wing study with KomegaSST model

Register Blogs Community New Posts Updated Threads Search

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old   February 20, 2011, 05:28
Default wing study with KomegaSST model
  #1
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naples
Posts: 50
Rep Power: 15
salvoblack is on a distinguished road
hi,
I am making the study of a 3D mesh with simpleFoam solver and turbulence model KomegaSSt.
Problem is that I get the values of Cl and Cd very high.
could you give me a hand, especially as regards the values to be assigned ake omega?

Add my case, and even the checkMesh

Create time

Create polyMesh for time = 0

Time = 0

Mesh stats
points: 306577
faces: 896256
internal faces: 873216
cells: 294912
boundary patches: 4
point zones: 0
face zones: 1
cell zones: 1

Overall number of cells of each type:
hexahedra: 294912
prisms: 0
wedges: 0
pyramids: 0
tet wedges: 0
tetrahedra: 0
polyhedra: 0

Checking topology...
Boundary definition OK.
Point usage OK.
<<Found 72 neighbouring cells with multiple inbetween faces.
Upper triangular ordering OK.
<<Writing 144 unordered faces to set upperTriangularFace
Face vertices OK.
Number of regions: 1 (OK).

Checking patch topology for multiply connected surfaces ...
Patch Faces Points Surface topology
frontAndBack 9216 9432 ok (non-closed singly connected)
farfield2 3072 3153 ok (non-closed singly connected)
farfield1 6144 6273 ok (non-closed singly connected)
wall 4608 4681 ok (non-closed singly connected)

Checking geometry...
Overall domain bounding box (-6.373 -7.373 -6.37538) (7.4107 0 6.37538)
Mesh (non-empty, non-wedge) directions (1 1 1)
Mesh (non-empty) directions (1 1 1)
Boundary openness (-3.19694e-16 -1.77267e-18 -8.55767e-17) OK.
***High aspect ratio cells found, Max aspect ratio: 103701, number of cells 7562
<<Writing 7562 cells with high aspect ratio to set highAspectRatioCells
Minumum face area = 2.213e-08. Maximum face area = 1.44338. Face area magnitudes OK.
Min volume = 7.43982e-11. Max volume = 0.44983. Total volume = 886.796. Cell volumes OK.
Mesh non-orthogonality Max: 89.1138 average: 20.1794
*Number of severely non-orthogonal faces: 2382.
Non-orthogonality check OK.
<<Writing 2382 non-orthogonal faces to set nonOrthoFaces
Face pyramids OK.
***Max skewness = 16.6197, 210 highly skew faces detected which may impair the quality of the results
<<Writing 210 skew faces to set skewFaces

Failed 2 mesh checks.

End


As you can see, i have 2 check failed, but i don't think that i could be a great problem because in fluent with the same mesh i have good results
Attached Files
File Type: gz ala.tar.gz (3.9 KB, 10 views)
salvoblack is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 21, 2011, 03:34
Default
  #2
Senior Member
 
maddalena's Avatar
 
maddalena
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 436
Rep Power: 23
maddalena will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by salvoblack View Post
Failed 2 mesh checks.
Whit this mesh, you will not get any results!!!
I guess there have been some troubles when exporting the mesh from fluent (is it really the same mesh???). My suggestion is to load your mesh in paraview and check where the problem is. I think you will find some cells which are not as you designed.

mad
maddalena is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 21, 2011, 05:12
Thumbs up check the aspect ratio of the mesh
  #3
Member
 
kiran Ambilpur
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: India
Posts: 50
Rep Power: 15
kiran is on a distinguished road
Send a message via Skype™ to kiran
Hi salvoblack.

one thing i found the from my experience of conversion of mesh from Fluent to foam. it gives errors. i suggest you to use blockmeshDict tool or any any other OpenFOAm mesh tool for meshing its is easy to learn.

Even i suggest you one more thing like, the distance between two grid points is more at the farfield. so reduce the distance (increase the no of grid points accordingly) try this.

i did not see the case which you have attached but i decoded the error from your post.

try the things which i said you...
all the best.

hope fully use k-epsilon for best results

Reagrds
Ambilpur Kiran
kiran is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 21, 2011, 06:00
Default
  #4
Senior Member
 
Anonymous
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 110
Rep Power: 17
madad2005 is on a distinguished road
"hope fully use k-epsilon for best results"

I would not reccommend using the k-epsilon turbulence model for achieving any form of accuracy for aerodynamic configurations such as a wing, where the skin friction drag accounts for such a high percentage of the total drag. k-omega based turbulence models are known to perform much better, with or without wall functions.
madad2005 is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 21, 2011, 14:30
Default
  #5
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naples
Posts: 50
Rep Power: 15
salvoblack is on a distinguished road
but with tha spalart-Allmaras model i have good results....and i use the same mesh
salvoblack is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 22, 2011, 18:08
Default See this short cilp, made with simpleFoam and k-Epsilon.
  #6
Member
 
Rickard Hidefjäll
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Posts: 39
Rep Power: 16
SkunkWorks is on a distinguished road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVhBxnNRj8Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UgRDLMLZ2E

I have just today made the same simulation with kOmegaSST.
And it worked much better.

The clip is about a forward swept wing with stream lines. One from a front view
And the other from a back view.

Regards / Rickard Hidefjäll
SkunkWorks is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 23, 2011, 03:22
Default
  #7
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Naples
Posts: 50
Rep Power: 15
salvoblack is on a distinguished road
yes, but i don't think that it can be useful for me...
in any case i resolved my problem. i changed the data in the fvscheme using a new corrector.
thanks to everyone
salvoblack is offline   Reply With Quote

Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Forward swept wing simulation abid Siemens 1 June 16, 2012 13:26
Grid resolution for full-scale and down scaled model gravis Main CFD Forum 0 October 2, 2009 10:27
Nearwall treatment for the kOmegaSST turbulence model johnb OpenFOAM Running, Solving & CFD 3 January 22, 2009 02:52
LES and combustion model Margherita Cadorin CFX 0 October 29, 2008 05:24
Turbulance model for a wing Hussein Siemens 5 April 18, 2005 03:34


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:07.