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Old   December 29, 2010, 08:56
Default Setting Reynolds number in Fluent for plunging airfoil
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Hi,

I have problems setting the correct Re no. for my simulation.

I want to simulate a plunging airfoil at Re=10000.

Since viscosity of air = 1.7894e-5, density of air=1.225,

Re = u_inf*density*length/viscosity.

So to get Re=10000, I set u_inf=0.17894 m/s

I also set the reference value under the report menu.

My airfoil length is about 1m, which is the reference length.

Is this correct?

Did I miss out anything? My answer is different from some published results.
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