0003032: Why except buoyantKepsilon Model there is no other model has generation due to buoyancy.

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003032	OpenFOAM	Feature	public	2018-08-07 19:39	2018-08-09 19:50

Reporter	atulkjoy	Assigned To	henry
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	sometimes
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Platform	Linux	OS	CentOS	OS Version	7.0
Product Version	dev

Summary	0003032: Why except buoyantKepsilon Model there is no other model has generation due to buoyancy.
Description	Turbulence model for variable density flows does not have generation term due to buoyancy in k and epsilon equation. Only buoyantKepsilon model seems to have this term explicitly implemented. Is there some different way in which production term is corrected in other models like RNG, realizableKE and Lunder and Sharma.
Tags	turbulence models

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-08-07 19:39	atulkjoy	New Issue
2018-08-07 19:39	atulkjoy	Tag Attached: turbulence models
2018-08-07 19:43	henry	Note Added: 0009915
2018-08-09 19:50	henry	Assigned To	=> henry
2018-08-09 19:50	henry	Status	new => closed
2018-08-09 19:50	henry	Resolution	open => no change required

henry 2018-08-07 19:43 manager ~0009915	No one has either contributed or sponsored the development of buoyancy corrections of the other models or the implementation of a more general structure for it.