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13.18.Postprocessing for Turbulent Flows

ANSYS FLUENT provides postprocessing options for displaying, plotting, and
reporting various turbulence quantities, which include the main solution variables
and other auxiliary quantities.
Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the Spalart-Allmaras model are as
follows:
Modified Turbulent Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Yplus
Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the - models are as follows:
Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)
Turbulent Intensity
Turbulent Dissipation Rate (Epsilon)
Production of k
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Wall Ystar

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Wall Yplus
Wall Ystar
Turbulent Reynolds Number (Re_y) (only when the enhanced wall
treatment is used for the near-wall treatment)

Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the -

models are as follows:

Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)

Turbulent Intensity
Turbulent Dissipation Rate (Epsilon)
Specific Dissipation Rate (Omega)
Production of k
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Turbulent Reynolds Number (Re_y)
Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the transition as follows:
Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)
Laminar Kinetic Energy
Total Fluctuation Energy
Turbulent Intensity
Turbulent Dissipation Rate (Epsilon)
Specific Dissipation Rate (Omega)
Production of k
Production of laminar k
Turbulent Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity (large-scale)
Turbulent Viscosity (small-scale)

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Turbulent Viscosity (large-scale)

Turbulent Viscosity (small-scale)
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Turbulent Reynolds Number (Re_y)

Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the transition SST model are as
follows:
Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)
Turbulent Intensity
Turbulent Dissipation Rate (Epsilon)
Intermittency
Intermittency Effective
Momentum Thickness Re
Specific Dissipation Rate (Omega)
Production of k
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Turbulent Reynolds Number (Re_y)
Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the RSM are as follows:
Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)
Turbulent Intensity
UU Reynolds Stress
VV Reynolds Stress
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UU Reynolds Stress
VV Reynolds Stress
WW Reynolds Stress
UV Reynolds Stress
VW Reynolds Stress
UW Reynolds Stress
Turbulent Dissipation Rate (Epsilon)
Production of k
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Turbulent Reynolds Number (Re_y)

Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the SAS model are as follows:
Turbulent Kinetic Energy (k)
Turbulent Intensity
Specific Dissipation Rate (Omega)
Production of k
Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Yplus
Wall Ystar
Normalized Q criterion
Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the DES model are as follows:
Modified Turbulent Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity
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Modified Turbulent Viscosity

Turbulent Viscosity
Effective Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Yplus
Relative Length Scale (DES)
Normalized Q criterion

Turbulence quantities that can be reported for the LES model are as follows:
Turbulence Kinetic Energy
Turbulence Intensity
Subgrid Kinetic Energy
Production of k
Subgrid Turbulent Viscosity
Subgrid Effective Viscosity
Subgrid Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
Subgrid Filter Length
Subgrid Test-Filter Length
Subgrid Dissipation Rate
Subgrid Dynamic Viscosity Const
Subgrid Dynamic Prandtl Number
Subgrid Dynamic Sc of Species
Subtest Kinetic Energy
Effective Thermal Conductivity
Effective Prandtl Number
Wall Ystar
Wall Yplus
Normalized Q criterion
Additional turbulence quantities can be reported for the Embedded LES (ELES)
model.
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Note: Within the Embedded LES zone, the modeled eddy viscosity is
determined by an algebraic sub-grid scale eddy viscosity
model. The global turbulence model is either frozen or, if it is
either SAS or DES with an underlying two-equation RANS
model, runs in a "passive mode", i.e. without affecting the
momentum equations.
Hence, most turbulence postprocessing in the Embedded LES
zone refers to the frozen or "passive" global turbulence
model. Special care is necessary with the modeled eddy
viscosity, because there are two to consider: one from the
frozen / passive global turbulence model; and one from the
"local" algebraic sub-grid scale model that is running within
the Embedded LES zone and actually affects the momentum
equations.
Some postprocessing quantities refer to a "passive" global turbulence
model or are zero if the global model cannot run in "passive" mode and
therefore is frozen in the Embedded LES zone.
Turbulent Viscosity
Turbulent Viscosity Ratio
In the Embedded LES zone, the sub-grid scale eddy viscosity from the
local algebraic model, which actually affects the momentum equations, is
displayed as:
LES Subgrid Turbulent Viscosity
The following quantities are specific to the Dynamic LES sub-grid scale
eddy viscosity models. They are available in Embedded LES zones if the
Dynamic Smagorinsky model is used in any Embedded LES zone; they are
also available for global LES with the Dynamic Smagorinsky or the
Dynamic TKE Transport sub-grid scale model:
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Dynamic TKE Transport sub-grid scale model:

Subgrid Test-Filter Length
Subgrid Dynamic Viscosity Const
Subtest Kinetic Energy

All of these variables can be found in the Turbulence... category of the variable
selection drop-down listthat appears in postprocessing dialog boxes. See Field
Function Definitions for their definitions.
For additional information, please see the following sections:
Custom Field Functions for Turbulence
Postprocessing Turbulent Flow Statistics
Troubleshooting
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