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Old   February 27, 2020, 08:42
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Can anybody tell me why when I run flow over a cylinder at Re=200 in steady and unsteady cases the results differ?
Or should they not differ?
I am getting less amplitude for lift in case of steady but in unsteady case I'm getting validation from literature
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If your Re is based on cylinder diameter, then you are in the transition regime. Flow is not steady, hence, only transient simulation makes sense. In any case, transient results are better than steady-state, provided it has been run for longer than characteristic time.
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If your Re is based on cylinder diameter, then you are in the transition regime. Flow is not steady, hence, only transient simulation makes sense. In any case, transient results are better than steady-state, provided it has been run for longer than characteristic time.
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