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Old   June 13, 2013, 11:38
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Hi all!

Maybe a very stupid question to you but I only just started studying CFD and I was wondering... Why exactly is it necessary to make the angle between the wall and the grid as close to 90° as possible? It is always done like that but what is the mathematical/physical reason behind it?
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