Y+ Calculator 4+

Name: Y+ Calculator
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Designed for iPad

- 3.0 • 1 Rating

- Free

Description

Y+ Calculator is a handy tool for calculating the grid spacing at a wall to achieve a target y+ value for viscous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computations. Simply specify the flow conditions, the desired y+ value, and compute your grid spacing.

If you are an engineer running viscous CFD computations, achieving a target value for y+ in your grid is essential for both resolved and wall function grids for accurate results. Save time by computing your near-wall cell height for the boundary layer before generating your grid.

The Y+ Calculator works in either SI or Imperial units and quickly resets to sea-level conditions.

This utility is brought to you by Cadence Design Systems.

Note: Computations are based on flat-plate boundary layer theory from Frank M. White’s Fluid Mechanics 5th edition, page 467.

Apr 28, 2022

Version 2.27

Pointwise is now Cadence. Application branding within the app has been updated to reflect the change.

The privacy policy has also been updated in accordance with the branding change.

3.0 out of 5

1 Rating

Missing info

This is not really useful without telling the user what correlation is used for the skin friction coefficient ( flat plate, internal flow, etc.) and it is also not user friendly to leave us to guess (or do our own hand calculation to check in which case what is the point of having an app, really) whether the reported wall spacing is the physical distance from the wall or the mesh cell thickness. I have not opened this app in a long while. I don’t remember it being this way before, although maybe it was.

The developer, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.