Performance of two commercial CFD packages in laminar flow predictions

Abstract

The CFD packages: ALGOL FEA version 12.01 and PHOENICS version 1.4 were used to predict development of a plane flow at a Reynolds number of 500. The predicted velocity profiles at half and full length were compared. The two softwares were found to give predictions within 1 and 5 %, respectively, of the analytically calculated value. Entry length predictions were also compared for the two packages.