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Setting Turbulence Solver Under-Relaxation

To set the under-relaxation factor for the turbulence solver, select the turbulence solver node in the Solvers node. The example below shows the selection of the K-Epsilon Turbulence solver . The Under-Relaxation Factor property can be entered in the Properties window.

The default under-relaxation factor should be adequate for most situations. These are shown below for the various turbulence solvers:

Turbulence Solver
    
Under-Relaxation Factor

Spalart-Allmaras

 

0.7

K-Epsilon

 

0.8

K-Omega

 

0.8

Reynolds-Stress Transport

 

0.6

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