FluidModel

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FLUID_MODEL

Fluid model

More in config_template.cfg: Fluid model (STANDARD_AIR, IDEAL_GAS, VW_GAS, PR_GAS, CONSTANT_DENSITY, INC_IDEAL_GAS, INC_IDEAL_GAS_POLY, MUTATIONPP, SU2_NONEQ, FLUID_MIXTURE, COOLPROP, FLUID_FLAMELET, DATADRIVEN_FLUID)

• Type: one of the values below
• Values: STANDARD_AIR, IDEAL_GAS, VW_GAS, PR_GAS, CONSTANT_DENSITY, INC_IDEAL_GAS, INC_IDEAL_GAS_POLY, MUTATIONPP, SU2_NONEQ, FLUID_MIXTURE, COOLPROP, DATADRIVEN_FLUID, FLUID_FLAMELET
• Default: STANDARD_AIR
• In config_template.cfg: FLUID_MODEL= STANDARD_AIR
• Mentioned in: Changes in Version 8, Physical Definition, Setup Guide: Heat Transfer and Conjugate Heat Transfer, Setup Guide: Incompressible Flows, Setup Guide: Non-Ideal Compressible Flows, Setup Guide: Species Transport and Combustion and 11 more
• Used in 111 test case files, for example: air_nozzle_restart.cfg (STANDARD_AIR), flow_cylinder.cfg (INC_IDEAL_GAS), def_intersect.cfg (CONSTANT_DENSITY)
• Code: CConfig.cpp line 1286

FLUID_NAME

Fluid name

More in config_template.cfg: To find all available fluid name for CoolProp library, clikc the following link: http://www.coolprop.org/fluid_properties/PurePseudoPure.html#list-of-fluids

• Type: string
• Values: see coolprop homepage
• Default: string("nitrogen")
• In config_template.cfg: FLUID_NAME = nitrogen
• Mentioned in: Setup Guide: Non-Ideal Compressible Flows
• Used in 2 test case files, for example: fluidModel.cfg (nitrogen), transportModel.cfg (Nitrogen)
• Code: CConfig.cpp line 1288