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Old   January 15, 2009, 12:20
Default Hi there I Can't match the
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Hi there

I Can't match the turbulent viscosity between
the Fluent - OpenFoam (used the same mesh),

my model is a 2D turbulent flow, the velocity field is almost the same...but k and epsilon are different,

any idea?

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Old   January 16, 2009, 00:21
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check your turbulence parameters at the boundaries.... further, I would like you to confirm if your solution has converged?

Your k and epsilon values should be properly initialized to reach convergence quicker. Please refer the user manual for initialization. Once convergence is achieved, results should be independent of the starting conditions.

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Old   January 16, 2009, 11:58
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Hi Prashant

thanks for your reply, yes my simulation is converged.

However the absolute values of both K and epslion are different from Fluent.

I estimated the initial values of K and epsilon as well...

is there any thing else that might cause the problem ? any other setting in OpenFoam?


Even my velocity field they are not exactly the same... should I get identical results ?


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Old   January 19, 2009, 03:19
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Hi Ali,

last week in one of my simulations I noticed a limitation of k or epsilon (don't remember). So I changed the tolerance of the equations from 1e-7 to 1e-14 and the k and epsilon field changed considerably. I used realizable-k-eps.

Maybe that helps.

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Old   January 19, 2009, 03:57
Default Hi Ali, A bit lateral to yo
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Hi Ali,

A bit lateral to your problem here, but perhaps useful for your research interest is that Hannu Ahlstedt presented a poster on k-epsilon comparison between Fluent and OpenFOAM at the 2008 OpenSource CFD conference in Berlin last December. The title is "Comparison of turbulence models in case of three-dimensional diffuser" by Aku Karvinen and Hannu Ahlstedt. On the website of the conference it says the proceedings will be online soon.

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Old   January 19, 2009, 10:35
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Hi,

thanks Markus and Gijsbert for your feedbacks,
much appreciated, Ali.
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