10/2/2020 Why am I getting a turbulent viscosity ratio warning message in the console when running a case?

physical to have such a high ratio (note that this ratio limit is defined in Solve-> Controls -> Limits). This

ratio becomes very high in region of high turbulence, where the grid is (in most cases) too coarse. In many

case, this message occurs at the beginning of a simulation and will disappear as the simulation converges.

Generally speaking, the turbulent viscosity ratio warning could occur because of four primary reasons

1. If the scale of your mesh is non-physical. Sometimes you create your model in mm and you forget to set

the right units in FLUENT when you read the mesh. Make sure the scale of the model is correct.

2. If the inlet boundary condition values for turbulence parameters are high. Make sure you set reasonable

values of the turbulence parameters. It is recommended to use the Intensity and (turbulent viscosity ratio or

length scale or hydraulic diameter) instead of k and epsilon while specifying turbulence parameters.

3. If the initial condition values of k and epsilon are non-physically high. Make sure that these values too

are relatively low

4. If you start the simulation with second order schemes for k and epsilon. Make sure you start with first

order and move to second order. If the warning still continues, you can use first order for epsilon as the

epsilon equation is more sensitive and difficult to converge (and is mostly the culprit behind the viscosity

limitation warnings)

If these four things are set correctly then the viscosity limitation warning can come because of mesh issues.

If the skewness of the mesh is too high (above 0.9-0.95). Make sure that the skewness is under 0.9.

Also note that for certain types of flows, for instance atmospheric boundary layer flows, the turbulent

viscosity ratio can be as high as 1e+08 or 1e+09. In such cases, the limit can be increased. Go to Solution

Controls, click the Limits tab (located below the under-relaxation factors) and enter a higher value.

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Why am I getting a turbulent viscosity ratio warning

message in the console when running a case?

The message you are seeing is more a warning than an error. It stipulates that the ratio of turbulent

viscosity over the laminar viscosity is large than 1e5. While this is not an error per-say, it is usually non-

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the tips were really useful ! thanks !

swapna, Sun Sep 23, 2018

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