Prediction of aerofoil wake subjected to the effects of curvature and pressure gradient

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-41

  Tulapurkara, E G ^a   Ramjee, V ^a   George, Jacob ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Curvature; K model of turbulence; Pressure gradient; Wake

Indexed keywords

AEROFOILS; CURVATURE; K-EPSILON; ODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

EID: 0029674667     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19960115)22:1<29::AID-FLD329>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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