Nomenclature

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Nomenclature

The following is a guide to the symbols used in this section.

Scalars


a	linear coefficient
	face mass flow
	grid flux
	coefficient in dissipation
V	cell volume
p	pressure
r	residual
T	temperature
t	time
	wall shear stress magnitude
	reference velocity used in wall functions
	wall-parallel velocity non-dimensionalized with
	Rhie-Chow-type dissipation
	coefficient used in turbulent stress calculation
	density
	dynamic viscosity
	kinematic viscosity

Tensors or Column Vectors


I	identity matrix
T	viscous stress tensor

Cartesian Vectors


a	face area vector
ds	vector between cell centroids
	body force due to rotation
	body force due to gravity
	porous media body force
	user-defined body force
v	velocity
	grid velocity
x	position vector
	face metric quantity

Subscripts


0	cell-0 quantity
1	cell-1 quantity
f	face value
fn	face normal component
eff	effective (as in effective viscosity)
p	center coefficient
n	neighbor coefficient
f	face quantity
l	laminar
t	turbulent

Superscripts


r	reconstructed value
*	predictor value
`	correction

Field Operators

Gradient of a scalar quantity:

Scalar (inner, dot) product of two vectors, whose result is a scalar:

Tensor (dyadic) product of two vectors, whose results is a tensor:

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