[ganeshv]

hi !

Newbie alert !!

Wherever I look, I get redirected to Oodles or ChannelOodles for LES in OpenFOAM. I have OpenFOAM-1.6.x installed finally and there's no solver called Oodles.

[blah@blah incompressible]$ pwd
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/applications/solvers/incompressible
[blah@blah incompressible]$ ls
boundaryFoam  nonNewtonianIcoFoam  pisoFoam          simpleFoam
channelFoam   pimpleDyMFoam        porousSimpleFoam
icoFoam       pimpleFoam           shallowWaterFoam

channelFoam.c in channelFoam says that it the LES solver for channel flows. I have the following questions/doubts

1. Is an LES solver in OpenFOAM nothing more than SGS stress terms added to the NS equation ? So it's pisoFOAM with SGS stress terms with appropriate turbulence models and modified boundary conditions, wall functions etc. ?
2. I do want to do a channel flow simulation. But what solver do I use in general for LES of incompressible flows ? pisoFoam ?
3. Can you suggest any better place than Eugene's thesis to start looking inside the box ?

ganesh