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Hello,

I have a very general question concerning Telemac3D:

How long would it take for someone who has been using Telemac2d to switch to the 3D version? I mean, to learn the keywords, know what the code is doing and be confortable with using it ...?

Are there specific difficulties, or important details, to be aware of when moving from 2D to 3D?

Any feedback about this would be very appreciated!
Thank you

Caroline

Hi Caroline,
First to all, it always depends on the complexity of your problem. Anyway, in Telemac, going from a 2D to a 3D could be not as difficult as it seems.

Of course, there are a lot of things that you should take into account, even before starting a simulation, e.g. :

i) hydrostatic or non-hydrostatic 3D simulation?
ii) treatment of the boundary conditions (for example, velocity profile at the input...)
iii) turbulence model
iv) etc...

I'd recommend to take a look to the examples. They will give you an overview of the diffent possibilities with increasing complexity.

All the best,

Pablo