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Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
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This section includes validation cases that do not require a turbulence model to be used.

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Introduction of background knowledge regarding flow physics and CFD as well as detailed information about the use of AcuSolve and what specific options do.
AcuSolve Validation Manual
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
- Turbulent Flow
  This section includes validation cases containing flow conditions that will cause turbulence to form, requiring that a turbulence model is used.
- Steady Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider steady state flow simulations.
- Laminar Flow
  This section includes validation cases that do not require a turbulence model to be used.
  - Circumferential Flow in a Cylinder Induced by a Rotating Solid
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of air between concentric cylinders that is initiated by the rotation of the solid inner cylinder. The outer cylinder is held stationary while the inner cylinder rotates with a constant speed. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results as described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to maintain a continuous velocity across a non-conformal guide surface interface.
  - Laminar Couette Flow with Imposed Pressure Gradient
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the viscous flow of water between a moving and a stationary plate with an imposed pressure gradient. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with imposed pressure gradients.
  - Flow Inside a Rotating Cavity
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of air in an enclosed cylindrical cavity with a rotating top and a fixed bottom. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental data adapted from Michelsen (1986). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental data validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases containing enclosed cavities with flow induced by rotating walls.
  - Laminar Flow Past a 90° T-Junction
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate laminar flow through a channel with two outlets forming a T-junction. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results adapted from Hayes and others (1989). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with multiple outlet paths.
  - Laminar Flow Through a Channel with Heated Walls
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate high Peclet number laminar flow through a channel with heated walls. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results adapted from Hua and Pillai (2010). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases involving heat transfer to a moving fluid with a high Peclet number.
  - Oscillating Laminar Flow Around a Circular Cylinder
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate two dimensional, laminar flow over a cylinder to predict separation of flow from the cylinder surface and the flow in the wake area. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results as described in Tritton (1959). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with unsteady oscillating vortex streets.
  - Separated Laminar Flow Over a Blunt Plate
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the separation of laminar flow over a blunt plate. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results as described in J.C. Lane and R.I. Loehrke (1980). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with the experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with external laminar flow including separation.
  - Natural Convection in a Concentric Annulus
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate natural convection in the annular space between a heated inner pipe and an outer concentric pipe. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results adapted from Kuehn and Goldstein (1978). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with flow induced by natural convection.
  - Flow Between Concentric Cylinders
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of water between concentric cylinders. The outer cylinder is held stationary while the inner cylinder rotates with a constant speed. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results as described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases containing thin annular gaps with flow induced by rotating walls.
  - Heat Transfer Between Radiating Concentric Cylinders
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the heat transfer due to radiation between concentric cylinders. The inner and outer cylinders are held at constant temperature and are defined to be radiation surfaces. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results for temperature as described in Incropera (2006). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with radiation heat transfer requiring view factor computation.
- Internal Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider wall bounded simulation domains with internally constrained fluid medium.
- External Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider unbounded simulation domains where external flow is present over solid bodies, leading to free boundary layer development.
- Transitional Flow
  This section includes validation cases containing conditions producing laminar to turbulent flow that are simulated with a turbulence transition model.
- Transient Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider time dependent flow simulations.
- Heat Transfer/Radiation
  This section includes validation cases that consider the temperature of the flow by simulating one or modes of heat transfer.
- Moving Mesh
  This section includes validation cases that consider time dependent motion within the domain, requiring that the mesh movement be modeled with a differential equation, a fully defined mesh motion or by interpolated mesh motion.
- Reference Frame
  This section includes validation cases that consider multiple reference frame simulations to model the effects of simplified rotational motion.
- Multiphase
  This section includes validation cases that consider the immiscible multiphase interaction of two fluids.
- Compressible
  This section includes validation cases that consider the compressibility of the fluid using a variable material model.
AcuSolve Command Reference Manual
AcuSolve command descriptions and corresponding examples.
AcuSolve Programs Reference Manual
AcuSolve utility programs covering preparatory and post-processing as well as user-defined functions and utility scripts.
AcuSolve User-Defined Functions Manual
Customization of AcuSolve allowing you to customize certain capabilities of the solver.
AcuTrace Command Reference Manual
Commands of AcuTrace, a particle tracer that runs as a post-processor to or a co-processor with AcuSolve.
AcuTrace User-Defined Functions Manual
Instructions to define additional solution quantities of AcuTrace called user equations.
AcuReport Reference Manual
Instruction of the AcuReport tool, a standalone post-processor batch tool used to generate a report from an AcuSolve solution database.
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Home
AcuSolve Validation Manual
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
Laminar Flow
This section includes validation cases that do not require a turbulence model to be used.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
AcuSolve Training Manual
AcuSolve Validation Manual
AcuSolve Command Reference Manual
AcuSolve Programs Reference Manual
AcuSolve User-Defined Functions Manual
AcuTrace Command Reference Manual
AcuTrace User-Defined Functions Manual
AcuReport Reference Manual
AcuSolve Surface Processing

Laminar Flow

This section includes validation cases that do not require a turbulence model to be used.

Circumferential Flow in a Cylinder Induced by a Rotating Solid
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of air between concentric cylinders that is initiated by the rotation of the solid inner cylinder. The outer cylinder is held stationary while the inner cylinder rotates with a constant speed. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results as described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to maintain a continuous velocity across a non-conformal guide surface interface.
Laminar Couette Flow with Imposed Pressure Gradient
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the viscous flow of water between a moving and a stationary plate with an imposed pressure gradient. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with imposed pressure gradients.
Flow Inside a Rotating Cavity
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of air in an enclosed cylindrical cavity with a rotating top and a fixed bottom. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental data adapted from Michelsen (1986). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental data validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases containing enclosed cavities with flow induced by rotating walls.
Laminar Flow Past a 90° T-Junction
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate laminar flow through a channel with two outlets forming a T-junction. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results adapted from Hayes and others (1989). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with multiple outlet paths.
Laminar Flow Through a Channel with Heated Walls
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate high Peclet number laminar flow through a channel with heated walls. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results adapted from Hua and Pillai (2010). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases involving heat transfer to a moving fluid with a high Peclet number.
Oscillating Laminar Flow Around a Circular Cylinder
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate two dimensional, laminar flow over a cylinder to predict separation of flow from the cylinder surface and the flow in the wake area. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results as described in Tritton (1959). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with unsteady oscillating vortex streets.
Separated Laminar Flow Over a Blunt Plate
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the separation of laminar flow over a blunt plate. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results as described in J.C. Lane and R.I. Loehrke (1980). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with the experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with external laminar flow including separation.
Natural Convection in a Concentric Annulus
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate natural convection in the annular space between a heated inner pipe and an outer concentric pipe. AcuSolve results are compared with experimental results adapted from Kuehn and Goldstein (1978). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with experimental results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with flow induced by natural convection.
Flow Between Concentric Cylinders
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the flow of water between concentric cylinders. The outer cylinder is held stationary while the inner cylinder rotates with a constant speed. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results as described in White (1991). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases containing thin annular gaps with flow induced by rotating walls.
Heat Transfer Between Radiating Concentric Cylinders
In this application, AcuSolve is used to simulate the heat transfer due to radiation between concentric cylinders. The inner and outer cylinders are held at constant temperature and are defined to be radiation surfaces. AcuSolve results are compared with analytical results for temperature as described in Incropera (2006). The close agreement of AcuSolve results with analytical results validates the ability of AcuSolve to model cases with radiation heat transfer requiring view factor computation.

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