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Old   April 17, 2018, 00:52
Default can i use any other CFD model for micro scale flows or the mesh?
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Hi,
Actually, I am trying to calculate friction factor for flows in rectangular sinusoidal mini-channel, while the height, width length are .250, 1 and 1 mm respectively, I also tried to model the mesh by following a published research paper, the developed mesh sizes where 1million to 4 million cells.

But still, the results were far away from the theoretical and experimental values. like the expected friction value was expected around 0.2 but the values I got were more than 1.
For the analysis, I considered the viscous laminar model with velocity inlet and press outlet were B. conditions. while the considered Re number is 100,
so am I supposed to use any other CFD model? or the problem is with the mesh?
Thanks in advance
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Old   April 20, 2018, 16:35
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Try adding some prism layers. You probably don't need to worry about stretching but it really helps to have a few layers that are wall parallel because it really helps in computing the gradient near walls. Even as few as 3-5 layers can do wonders.

Did the referenced paper also use a tet mesh? You need a lot more tets than hexahedral cells to make up for the poorer gradients that you get with tets. Your geometry looks simple enough to where a hexahedral or polyhedral mesh could be easily generated. That could help, but try the prism layers first.
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