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OpenFOAM: verification, validation and mesh independence

Written by giux | Published on Oct 16, 2026 | No comments

A repeatable protocol to decide whether an OpenFOAM 14 result is trustworthy: quantity of interest, a family of three meshes, iterative convergence and balances, comparison with the Poiseuille solution, observed order, Richardson extrapolation and GCI, time-step study and physical validation, with a script and a verification record.

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