Validation of Depth-Averaged Flow Model Using Flat-Bottomed Benchmark Problems

Table 4

Comparison of vorticity intensities for square side-cavity problem.

(a) Re=1,000

Vortex	Erturk [60]	Bruneau and Saad   [21]	Spotz [64]	Botella and Peyret  [20]	Ghia et al.  [19]	Present study
PV	−2.067	−2.067	−2.053	−2.067	−2.050	−2.067
BR1	1.111	1.112	1.044	1.155	1.155	1.110
BL1	0.350	0.362	0.239	0.352	0.362	0.354

(b) Re=10,000

Vortex	Erturk [60]	Ghia et al. [19]	Present study
PV	−1.910	−1.881	−1.879
BR1	3.752	4.053	3.728
BR2	0.302	0.313	0.301
BL1	2.146	2.086	2.136
TL1	2.297	2.183	2.273