This paper presents the large-eddy simulation of the lid-driven cubic cavity flow by the spectral element method (SEM) using the dynamic model. Two spectral filtering techniques suitable for these simulations have been implemented. Numerical results for Reynolds number Re=12,000 are showing very good agreement with other experimental and DNS results found in the literature.
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Bouffanais, R., Deville, M.O., Fischer, P.F. et al. Large-Eddy Simulation of the Lid-Driven Cubic Cavity Flow by the Spectral Element Method. J Sci Comput 27, 151–162 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-005-9039-7
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