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Old   July 31, 2007, 10:47
Default Hi, In the turbFoam.C file
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Hi,

In the turbFoam.C file under // Momentum predictor there is a line which says:

+ turbulence->divR(U)

What does that mean? Or where can I read about it? It hasn't been possible for me to find it in the OpenFOAM guide. Furthermore there is a minus in front of some equalitysigns. How do I interpret that?

I really hope that someone can help me.

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Old   July 31, 2007, 11:21
Default What you are looking at is the
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What you are looking at is the contribution of the turbulence model to the momentum equation, which comes in (its most general) matrix form.

Have a look at the k-epsilon model code to see what's in there, it should be clear (basically a laplacian with nu_t + nu_l).

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