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Old   August 31, 2006, 08:32
Default Hello forum, Why in OpenFOA
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Hello forum,

Why in OpenFOAM there are Wall Functions formulation only for Turbulence Equations and not for Energy Equation and Momentum Equations?!

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Old   August 31, 2006, 09:00
Default That's the way how it works!
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That's the way how it works!

If you use a high Reynolds number tubulent model than the turbulence model equation are not solved in the wall near region (see wall functions), but the RANS equations are solved everywhere.

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Old   August 31, 2006, 09:18
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thank you very much Stefan,

but why we find also wall function formulations for Energy equation?! (see also Fluent manual..). For example Reynolds' analogy between momentum and energy transport gives a similar logarithmic
law for mean temperature.
So there is a law-of-the-wall for mean velocity, but also law-of-the-wall for the temperature. Why that is not implemented in OpenFOAM?!

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