[en] Numerical simulations of forced convection of air for flow over a sphere are presented. The primary aim is to determine if FLUENT, a commercial computational fluid dynamics software package, is capable of providing the solution for heat transfer in a three dimensional massively separating flow. Spalart-Allmaras, a one-equation turbulence model and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) are used in the present study. Simulations are performed in the range of Reynolds numbers from 10³ to 1.5 x 10⁵ with a Prandtl number of 0.71. The mean Nusselt number over the sphere predicted by both models are in good agreement with both measurements and empirical correlations. For Reynolds number of 10⁴, the mean Nusselt number over the sphere predicted by LES is 92.92 and predicted by the Spalart-Allmaras model is 94.55 on a coarse grid and 92.94 on a finer grid. The differences between the predicted values and one of the well-established empirical corrections is 0%, 1.7% and 0.02% respectively. In addition, the agreement with previous observations is reasonable for pressure coefficients and skin friction coefficients along the sphere. The present study has established that commercially-available software like FLUENT can provide a reasonable good solution of complicated flow structures, including flow with separation. (author)