Two-equation turbulence modeling for impeller stirred tanks

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 640-648

  Jones, Raymond M ^a   Harvey, Albert D ^b   Acharya, Sumanta ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dow Chemical Company   (United States)

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EID: 0011242974     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1384568     Document Type: Article

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