Change turbulence model upon resume?

[gdais_user]

I assume this is a fairly straightforward question:

Can I change the turbulence model upon resuming a CFD analysis?  What sort of disruptions could this cause?  For example, I'm assuming the solver will need some iterations to do the auto-startup if switching from laminar to turbulent?

I have an scenario where the first part will be low flow (in the laminar region), but part two will include bursts of higher flow (into the low-Re region).  I'm analyzing a scalar mixing problem.  I have run part one in both laminar and low-Re turb mode and unfortunately my % volume scalar results are quite different at the end (~ 44% different).  Therefore, I'm unsure about the accuracy of part two run in low-Re turb mode following part one.

[OmkarJ]

Low Re model requires mesh really fine with Y+ values close to 1, since there are no wall functions. Are you sure about the mesh independence?

OJ