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BUG: channel395 and turbulentInflow/PCF: wrong length scale input

Summary

In the tutorials of channel395 and turbulentInflow/PCF, the integral-length scale input files (i.e. constant/boundaryData/inlet/0/L) involve length-scale values considerably lower (i.e. at least two orders of magnitude) than those indirectly reported in Moser et al. (1999).

In Moser et al., (1999), the integral-length scale information can be computed either by partially integrating the reported x-autocorrelations or by using the relation of k^(3/2)/epsilon on the reported resolved kinetic energy balance.

Both methods yielded similar values for length scales which revealed to be considerably higher in comparison to the length-scale info being used in the aforementioned tutorials.

The content of the available L files were computed by using the turbulenceFields function object on a given RANS simulation. This should have yielded comparable length-scale info, yet have not. This should also need to be inspected.

Steps to reproduce

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Example case

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Environment information

api      = 2102
patch    = 210414
HEAD     = 18c1da05fd
version  = com
compiler = Clang (system)
         = clang version 9.0.1 
mpi      = SYSTEMOPENMPI
         = mpirun (Open MPI) 1.10.7.0.5e373bf1fd
OS       = Description:     openSUSE Leap 15.1
opts     = linux64ClangDPInt32Opt

Possible fixes

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