cfd-vv-suite

Case Index

Verification — Incompressible

Steady

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
poiseuille-2d Plane Poiseuille Flow 2D analytical u(y) profile
poiseuille-3d Square Duct Poiseuille 3D analytical u(y,z) profile
couette-2d Plane Couette Flow 2D analytical u(y) profile
couette-3d Plane Couette Flow 3D analytical u(y) profile
lid-driven-cavity Lid-Driven Cavity, Re=100 2D numerical (Ghia) u(y), v(x) profiles
lid-driven-cavity-3d Lid-Driven Cavity 3D numerical (Chiang) u(y) at midplane
manufactured-ns-2d MMS — 2D Navier-Stokes 2D MMS u, v, p fields + source terms
manufactured-ns-3d MMS — 3D Navier-Stokes 3D MMS u, v, w, p fields + source terms
beltrami-flow-3d Beltrami Flow 3D analytical u, v, w, p (exact steady)
pipe-flow-3d Hagen-Poiseuille Pipe Flow 3D analytical u(r) profile
flat-plate-blausius Blasius Boundary Layer 2D analytical u(y), Cf, delta(x)
flat-plate-blausius-3d Blasius Boundary Layer 3D analytical u(y), w = 0 check
natural-convection-cavity Natural Convection (de Vahl Davis) 2D numerical (de Vahl Davis) Nu, T(x), u(x), v(y)
natural-convection-cavity-3d Natural Convection (Fusegi) 3D numerical (Fusegi) Nu_mean

Unsteady

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
taylor-green-vortex-2d Taylor-Green Vortex 2D analytical u, v, p (t=0, t=0.5)
taylor-green-vortex-3d Taylor-Green Vortex 3D analytical u, v, w, p (t=0)

Verification — Compressible

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
sod-shock-tube Sod Shock Tube 1D analytical rho, u, p, e (t=0.2)
oblique-shock Oblique Shock, M=2.0 2D analytical p/p_inf, shock angle
oblique-shock-3d Oblique Shock 3D analytical p/p_inf, spanwise check
double-mach-reflection Double Mach Reflection 2D reference rho(t=0.2), triple point

Verification — Non-Newtonian

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
poiseuille-power-law Power-Law Poiseuille 2D analytical u(y) for n=0.5..1.5
poiseuille-power-law-3d Power-Law Poiseuille 3D analytical u(y,z) square duct
poiseuille-bingham Bingham Poiseuille 2D analytical u(y) for Bn=0..0.98
poiseuille-bingham-3d Bingham Poiseuille 3D analytical u(y,z), plug zone

Verification — Moving Bodies

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
taylor-couette Taylor-Couette Flow 2D analytical u_theta(r)
taylor-couette-3d Taylor-Couette Flow 3D analytical u_theta(r), Taylor vortices
pitching-airfoil Pitching NACA 0012 (AGARD CT5) 2D experimental Cl hysteresis

Validation — Laminar

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
cylinder-re20 Cylinder, Re=20 2D experimental Cd, Lw/D, theta_sep, Cp
cylinder-re40 Cylinder, Re=40 2D experimental Cd, Lw/D, theta_sep, Cp
cylinder-re100 Cylinder, Re=100 2D experimental Cd, St, Cl_rms, Cp
backward-facing-step Backward-Facing Step (Armaly) 2D experimental x_r/h, velocity profiles
backward-facing-step-3d Backward-Facing Step 3D experimental x_r/h at midplane

Validation — Turbulent

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
flat-plate-tbl Turbulent Flat Plate BL (Wieghardt) 2D experimental Cf(Re_theta), u+(y+)
flat-plate-tbl-3d Turbulent Flat Plate BL 3D experimental u+(y+), spanwise check
channel-flow-retau180 Turbulent Channel, Re_tau=180 3D DNS (Moser) u+, u_rms+, v_rms+, w_rms+, -uv+
channel-flow-retau550 Turbulent Channel, Re_tau=550 3D DNS (Moser) u+, -uv+
channel-flow-retau1000 Turbulent Channel, Re_tau=1000 3D DNS (Lee-Moser) u+, -uv+
backward-facing-step-turb Turbulent BFS (Driver & Seegmiller) 2D experimental x_r/h, Cf(x/h)
wall-mounted-hump NASA Wall-Mounted Hump 2D experimental Cp(x/c)
wall-mounted-hump-3d NASA Wall-Mounted Hump 3D experimental Cp(x/c)
naca0012 NACA 0012 Airfoil 2D experimental Cl(alpha), Cp(x/c)
naca0012-3d NACA 0012 Wing Section 3D experimental Cl, Cp at midspan
rae2822 RAE 2822 Transonic Airfoil 2D experimental Cp (Case 9 & 10)
rae2822-3d RAE 2822 Wing Section 3D experimental Cp at midspan
cylinder-re3900 Cylinder, Re=3900 3D experimental Cd, St, wake profiles

Validation — Non-Newtonian

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
contraction-oldroyd-b Oldroyd-B 4:1 Contraction 2D numerical (Alves) X_R, velocity overshoot

Validation — Complex Geometry & FSI

ID Name Dim Reference type Key quantities
ahmed-body-25 Ahmed Body, 25 deg slant 3D experimental Cd, Cl
ahmed-body-35 Ahmed Body, 35 deg slant 3D experimental Cd, Cl
turek-hron-fsi2 FSI2: Flag behind Cylinder 2D reference Ay, f, Cd, Cl_amp
cylinder-viv VIV Cylinder (Khalak & Williamson) 2D experimental A/D vs Ur
cylinder-viv-3d VIV Cylinder 3D experimental A/D, spanwise correlation