3. Fluid Model Code Verification Test Cases

The test cases presented in this chapter for the MFIX fluid solver are summarized in Table 2.1. Test cases were selected based on the criteria for verification test selection outlined in Section 1. All cases are executed in serial mode unless explicitly noted.

Table 3.1 Summary of MFiX-FLD tests by feature.

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

Frequency†

C

C

C

C

M

M

M

M

M

Reference Dataset‡

A

A

P

A

A

A

P

P

P

Dimension

2D

1D

2D

2D

2D

2D

2D

2D

2D

Momentum

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Thermal Energy

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Species Mass

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Turbulence

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FOUP

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FOUP-DWF

Superbee

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SMART

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ULTRA-QUICK

QUICKEST

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MUSCL

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van Leer

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Minmod

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Central

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Distributed Memory

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Shared Memory

† C-Incorporated into the continuous integration server; M-Monthly; Q-Quarterly; X-Manual; D-Disabled

‡ A-Analytical solution; P-Published benchmark data; R-Regression data from previous code versions