[aminshams]

Hi everyone
I'm simulating mass flow distribution in micro-channel manifolds.
The solution does not converge unless I change the Momentum Under Relaxation Factor. I read somewhere in this forum that we are not allowed to decrease the Momentum URF less than 0.5 But as I decrease it less than 0.5 the solution converges faster. Is it OK to reduce URF this way?
I encountered an other problem too. Although the residuals are less than 1e-04, there is obvious different in mass flow rate in different number of iterations.
could you please help me?

Regards,
Amin

[msaeedsadeghi]

For Microchannel, first use double precision, second decrease URF of the UDF for wall slip profile. It's easy to converge it. Try more

[rasoulb]

Originally Posted by msaeedsadeghi

For Microchannel, first use double precision, second decrease URF of the UDF for wall slip profile. It's easy to converge it. Try more

Hi,

I want to simulate turbulent channel flow with slip B.C (by LES), But the problem doesn't converge, so can you guide me for URF for momentum & pressure? if you have any other comment, please write it.

Thanks

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by rasoulb

Hi,

I want to simulate turbulent channel flow with slip B.C (by LES), But the problem doesn't converge, so can you guide me for URF for momentum & pressure? if you have any other comment, please write it.

Thanks

You shouldn't ever touch the URF if you are doing LES since it is a transient simulation. If anything, you want to increase URF and make it ORF.