InletBoundaryConditions

Whenturbulentflowentersadomainatinletsoroutlets(backflow),boundary
ui' u 'j conditionsfork,, and/ormustbespecified,dependingonwhich turbulencemodelhasbeenselected

Fourmethodsfordirectlyorindirectlyspecifyingturbulenceparameters:
1)Explicitlyinputk,,,orReynoldsstresscomponents(thisistheonlymethodthat allowsforprofiledefinition) Notebydefault,theFLUENTGUIentersk=1m/s and =1m/s. These values MUST be changed, they are unlikely to be correct for your simulation. 2)Turbulenceintensityandlengthscale Lengthscaleisrelatedtosizeoflargeeddiesthatcontainmostofenergy Forboundarylayerflows:l 0.499 Forflowsdownstreamofgrid:l openingsize 3)Turbulenceintensityandhydraulicdiameter(primarilyforinternalflows) 4)Turbulenceintensityandviscosityratio (primarilyforexternalflows) Introduction
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InletTurbulenceConditions
Ifyouhaveabsolutelynoideaoftheturbulencelevelsinyoursimulation,you
couldusefollowingvaluesofturbulenceintensitiesandviscosityratios:

Usualturbulenceintensitiesrangefrom1%to5% Thedefaultturbulenceintensityvalueof0.037(thatis,3.7%)issufficientfornominal
turbulencethroughacircularinlet,andisagoodestimateintheabsenceof experimentaldata Forexternalflows,turbulentviscosityratioof110istypicallyagoodvalue Forinternalflows,turbulentviscosityratioof10100ittypicallyagoodvalue ForfullydevelopedpipeflowatRe=50,000,theturbulentviscosityratioisaround 100

Introduction
33 2011ANSYS,Inc.

Theory
January19,2012

Models

NearWallTreatments

InletBCs

Summary
Release14.0