Hi, I do a calculation with species transport. For a calculation for first order all is ok but for second order I have the following sentence after each iteration "turbulent viscosity limited to viscosity ratio of 1e5 in 3(or 4) cells." Where does this problem come from (mesh,under-relaxation factors...)? Thanks for yours answers...

You can modify the Maximum Tub.Viscosity Ratio in FLUENT: Solve---Controls---Limits

Thank you, but do you think is ok to obtain a turbulent viscosity ratio greater than 10000 ? Actually my calculation don't converge.

hey oliver I have same problem as yours what turbulence model you tried ? is it k-epsilon ?

Yes it's the k-epsilon model.

either bad mesh or k-epsilon is a traitor

I am a beginner of FLUENT. I think that your calculation is convergent or not has nothing to do with the "turbulent viscosity limited to viscosity ratio" . And the result may be credible ,although "turbulent viscosity limited to viscosity ratio" is displayed during your iteration.

Oliver,

The message you receive is more often due to bad mesh. If you are sure that the mesh quality is good just check if there is any jumps in the mesh size (particularly in regions of high gradients).

One way if to create a point using maximum value of tubulent viscosity ratio (TVR). Then create planes passing through the point and see how the mesh and TVR look like on these planes. The jump in mesh usually happens when you have a multi-block structured mesh.

Regards, Ant

Thank you, I think the problem is probably due to the mesh. But I have this message for a Second Order calculation and not for a First Order. If the mesh is bad, will the message have to appear in every case?

Oliver,

The message need not appear in each case. This could be because the absolute quality of mesh in your simulation could be good (Equiangle Skew), but there could be huge jump in the mesh in critical regions. With second order the error in gradients in these regions would be magnified.

Suggest you plot planes and see where there is jump in mesh. Probably near inlets/outlets. You could have tiny inlet pipe connected to a huge domain. The mesh along the length for the inlet pipe could be fine and could turn out to be coarse immediately into the domain.

Regards, Ant

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Hello everybody.
I have a similar problem. I'm analysing a simple geometry by using an axisymmetric model with a k-epslilon turbulence model by using star cmm+. I imposed mass flow at the inlet and outflow with a target mass flow rate at the outlet. When I do a simulation with a low mass flow rate the solution is OK and it converges without warnings, but when I increase the mass flow rate I receive the warning "turbulent viscosity ratio limited in 4 cells". Even in this case my solution converges but I receive the warning message. I tried to decrease the URF but without results. Do you think that an increase of the viscosity ratio could be a good idea?
Thanks a lot.

[hfla]

Hello everybody.
I have a similar problem. I'm analysing a geometry by using an axisymmetric model with a k-epslilon turbulence model by using star cmm+. I imposed mass flow at the inlet and outflow with a target mass flow rate at the outlet. When I do a simulation with a low mass flow rate the solution is OK and it converges without warnings, but when I increase the mass flow rate I receive the warning "turbulent viscosity ratio limited in 4 cells". Even in this case my solution converges but I receive the warning message. I tried to decrease the URF but without results. Do you think that an increase of the viscosity ratio could be a good idea?
Thanks in advance.