Tutorial 2: Turbulent Flow Past a Backward Facing Step

UD
Re = --------- ,
n
where U is the average inlet velocity, and D is the hydraulic diameter (equal to 2h).
The geometry is given in the figure below:

h = 0.52 cm
1.01 cm
s = 0.49 cm

4 cm

20 cm

Use fluid properties of water (density = 1000 kg/m3, kinematic viscosity = 1.0x10-6 m2/s).
The average inlet velocity required to obtain a Reynolds number of 100,000 can be calculated as:
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nRe
1.0 10 ( 100000 )
U = ---------- = --------------------------------------------- = 9.62 m/s
2 ( 0.0052 )
D

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