Validation problems in computational fluid mechanics

Tomasz A. Kowalewski

Tomasz A. Kowalewski Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Abstract

Recent developments in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) increased interest in quantifying quality of the numerical models. One of the necessary steps is the so-called code validation procedure, an assessment of a numerical simulation by comparisons between simulation results and laboratory measurements. The focus of the present review is application of modern full field experimental techniques, mostly based on the digital image analysis, in validating numerical solutions of complex flow configurations. Each validation procedure opens new issues of quantifying its outcome to find directions for model updating, limits of computer simulation quality, and to perform uncertainty quantification.

Keywords

CFD validation, experimental methods,

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