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FDS Wall Flows Part I: Straight Channels

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Author(s)

Randall J. McDermott

Abstract

We perform calculations of 2D laminar and 3D turbulent channel flow with periodic streamwise boundary conditions. From the laminar results we verify that the FDS wall boundary condition is second-order accurate. For the turbulent cases we adapt the wall stress model of Werner and Wengle to FDS and verify the implementation by replicating the Moody diagram, a plot of friction factor versus Reynolds number for turbulent pipe flow.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1640
Report Number
1640
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

large-eddy simulation, wall modeling, friction factor
Fire modeling

Citation

McDermott, R. (2009), FDS Wall Flows Part I: Straight Channels, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902843 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created July 10, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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