Table 1 CFD control setting panel: values adopted for the simulation

Turbulance model

K-e

Discetization scheme

Upwind

Max number of outer interaction

5000

Cell monitor

x-velocity

Residual display

x, y, z and K-e

Inner Interactions (x, y, z and K-e)

3

False time step (x, y, z and K-e)

0.2

Termination residual (x, y, z and K-e)

10^–5

Viscosity relaxation factor

1