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==[[Baldwin-Lomax model]]==
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Turbulence is a state of fluid motion, characterized by apparently random and chaotic three-dimensional vorticity. When turbulence is present it usually dominates all other flow phenomena, resulting in increased energy dissipation, mixing, heat transfer, and drag... ''[[Turbulence|more]]''  
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The Baldwin-Lomax model is a classical algebraic turbulence model which is suitable for high-speed flows with thin attached boundary-layers, typically present in aerospace and turbomachinery applications. The Baldwin-Lomax model is not suitable for cases with large separated regions and significant curvature/rotation effects..
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''A good place to start for an introduction to fluid dynamics, this article considers CFD as it relates to turbulence.''
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Welcome to CFD-Wiki - a community project to create the ultimate, free Computational Fluid Dynamics reference. CFD-Wiki is written by thousands of volunteer authors from around the globe. Please join us and contribute something today! CFD-Wiki will never be better than the information we all fill it with. We are currently working on 570 articles. Also please help to spread the word about CFD-Wiki by using the tell a friend tool or linking to CFD-Wiki.

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Fluid dynamics, Turbulence modeling, Numerics, Meshing, Cavitation modeling, Non-equilibrium Flow...

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Application areas

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X-43A (Hyper - X) Mach 7 width 300px.jpg

Baldwin-Lomax model

The Baldwin-Lomax model is a classical algebraic turbulence model which is suitable for high-speed flows with thin attached boundary-layers, typically present in aerospace and turbomachinery applications. The Baldwin-Lomax model is not suitable for cases with large separated regions and significant curvature/rotation effects... more


This article is a good example of a description of a turbulence model. Validation and test cases is the current focus area of CFD-Wiki. So don't hesitate, write something about your favourite test or validation case today!

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