Wall Adapting Local Eddy-viscosity (WALE)

Properties

• <B>W</B>all <B>A</B>dapting <B>L</B>ocal <B>E</B>ddy-viscosity

Model equations

Default model coefficients

$C_e$	$C_k$	$C_w$

1.048 |       0.094 |      0.325

Initialisation

Usage

The model is specified using:

LES
{
    turbulence      on;
    LESModel        WALE;
}

Boundary conditions

Inlet

• fixedValue

Outlet

• Constrained outlet

Walls

• wall functions

Further information

Source code:

• Foam::LESModels::WALE

References:

• Nicoud and Ducros 55