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TURBULENCE MODELS IN PHOENICS
Models using the Effective Viscosity Hypothesis

Contents

Sub-group in which no differential equations are used

• Prescribed effective viscosity
• LVEL
• The Prandtl mixing-length model
• The VAN-Driest low-Reynolds-number mixing-length model

Sub-group in which one differential equation is used

• Prandtl energy with prescribed length scale

Sub-group in which 1 or 2 differential equations are used

• TWO-Layer KE-EP turbulence model

Sub-group in which two differential equations are used

• The k-epsilon (KE-EP) model
• The Chen-Kim modified KE-EP turbulence model
• RNG-derived KE-EP turbulence model
• LAM-Bremhorst KE-EP turbulence model
• The Saffman-Spalding KE-VO model
• The K-Omega turbulence model

Sub-group in which four differential equations are used

• TWO-SCALE KE-EP TURBULENCE MODEL

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