Dimensionless heat flux

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mmagain
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Dimensionless heat flux

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Hello,

While reviewing results on the boundaries of my mesh, there is a "dimensionless_heat_flux" component. I could not find what its definition was in the documentation. Can anyone enlighten me?

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Yvan Fournier
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Re: Dimensionless heat flux

Post by Yvan Fournier »

Hello,

If I remember correctly, this is an attempt at the estimation of the Nusselt Number. But contrary to the "real" Nusselt number which is based on a bulk temperature in a zone which needs to be chosen, this uses the near wall temperature (i.e. the temperare in the cell adjacent to a boundary face) as the bulk. So it may be sensitive to mesh refinement in the near wall region...

Best regards,

Yvan
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