Comparisons of experimental and numerical results for axisymmetric vortex breakdown in pipes

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-371

  Darmofal, D L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PIPES; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

AXIAL FLOW; BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX BREAKDOWN; BUBBLE STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL FLOW FIELDS; PERIODIC VORTEX RING SHEDDING; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030131327     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7930(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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