The first series of test-cases concerns the computation of an inviscid flow around a NACA0015 airfoil in cavitating and non-cavitating regimes. The objective of this test-case is to assess the capability of the numerical solvers to compute near incompressible flows. A full description of this test-case is available here.
This series of computations is dedicated to the modelling and simulation of natural convection flows with large temperature differences. In this case the Boussinesq approximation does not hold any longer and one must consider, at least for gases, that the fluid obeys an equation of state such as the perfect gas law for instance. This benchmark was already used in the framework of the 12th CFD seminar organised by the Nuclear Reactor Division of the French Atomic Energy Commission in 25-27 January 2000. It still remains a difficult test case. Full description of this test-case is available here
These computations deals with the simulation of a free convective flow created by a vertical heated surface. A full description of this test-case is available here (pdf format)
It is proposed to compute the breaking due to gravity of a solitary wave over a step-like reef. It is classical in that type of simulation to assume that the whole flow (air plus water) is incompressible. But a gas bubble can be trapped by the wave and in that case, the incompressible approximation is no longer valid. The purpose of this test-case is then to assess the capability of the current numerical solvers to compute flows where a compressible phase and an incompressible one are both present. Description of this test-case is to be found here
The purpose of this test-case is to check the ability of an Euler solver to compute a slow pressurization of a closed cavity. A full description of this test-case is available here (pdf format)