{"id":249221,"date":"2023-02-09T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cell-reynolds-number-and-type-of-flow\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:40:18","slug":"cell-reynolds-number-and-type-of-flow","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cell-reynolds-number-and-type-of-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell reynolds number and type of flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>I have a very complex fluid volume that I cannot calculate the reynolds number to check if the flow is laminar or turbulent. So I run the simulation selecting laminar flow but it didn&#8217;t converge. I then changed the flow to turbulent k-e and it converged. However, when I check the cell reynolds number it is around 300. Does this value tell us that the flow is not turbulent bul laminar? or it doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with the type of flow?<\/p>\n<p>For a complex fluid volume (picture below), is it acceptable to assume turbulent flow?<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fluid volume\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/09-02-2023-1675935593-Valve fluid volume.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-249221","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["28024","983","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.173"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["971"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["249221"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","983","28024"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["249390"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["249390"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-02-10 12:22:39"]},"test":"wagari-abomatechinvent-no"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/249221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/249221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}