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Step 6: Analyze Results

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As we can see, there is very little variation between these 3 results. The largest % error between the FLUENT results and the Reynolds correlation is only 7.5%. In turbulent flow as we have here, similar results between FLUENT and correlation are more difficult to come by than in laminar flow because a turbulent model must be used in FLUENT, which does not solve the Navier-Stokes Equations exactly. Experimental error (in experiments from which correlations are derived) also accounts for some of this 7.5% error. Each of the turbulence models that FLUENT offers produces results similar to these, although the k-epsilon model is the most appropriate model to use in this case.

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\[1\] Reynolds, W.C., Kays, W.M., Kline, S.J. "Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer." NASA Memo 12-1-58W. December 1958.

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