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General Guidelines for Good Convergence in CFD

These guidelines are aimed at a relatively inexperienced CFD user, to provide general advice on the issues regarding convergence of CFD solutions. It is intended to supplement any code specific issues, for which the vendors manuals and support services should be the first point of call. There are also a number of specific tips for achieving convergence.

Contents

1WHAT IS CONVERGENCE?5
2WHAT CONVERGENCE CRITERIA SHOULD BE USED?5
3PROBLEM DEFINITION6
4GEOMETRY8
5BOUNDARY CONDITIONS8
6MESH ISSUES9
7INITIAL SOLUTIONS9
8COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES11
9ALGORITHMIC CONSIDERATIONS11
10SOFTWARE SUPPORT13
11REFERENCES13

Document Details

ReferenceWT100
AuthorNAFEMS Computational Fluid Dynamics Working Group
LanguageEnglish
AudienceAnalyst
TypePublication
Date 1st January 2005
OrganisationNAFEMS CFD Working Group
RegionGlobal

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