{"id":382904,"date":"2024-09-17T17:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/roughness-constant-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T17:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T17:56:29","slug":"roughness-constant-2","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/roughness-constant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughness constant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am using k-omega turbulence viscous physics (along with mulitphase VOF) to model steady state flow through a presure swirl atomizer. I specify an inlet flowrate and outlet pressure (near ambient) and get good correlation between the steady state inlet pressure obtained from simulation and the pressure obtained using the design value for water. I don&#8217;t get a good correlation when the fluid is changed from water to a different fluid which has roughly 40% higher density and 30 times the visocsity of water. The model over estimates steady state inlet pressure by roughly 1.8 times.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The roughness height is set to zero but do I need to set the roughness constant to zero. Is the roughness constant only applicable for k-omega viscous physics? In the Fluent theory guie,&nbsp; roughness constant is said to be applicable for k-EPSILON model.&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/17-09-2024-1726595607-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because of the change in viscosity and density, should the model be using a different viscous physics? 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