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Old   April 22, 2004, 09:51
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Ferreira, VG
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Hi Dear Friends,

I woulkd like to know how to stimate the reattachment length in the flow over a backward facing step.

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Old   April 22, 2004, 10:29
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What do you call reattachment length ?
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Old   April 22, 2004, 10:38
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The reattachment length is the size of the recirculation zone behind of the step.
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Old   April 22, 2004, 11:10
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I dont know. I think if you make hi=Vi*dt or hi=((Vi+Vi+1)/2)*dt (dt=step by time, hi - by distance, Vi - local velocity) everything will be O.K.
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