Numerical simulation of two-dimensional buoyancy-driven turbulence in a tall rectangular cavity

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1311-1326

  Farhangnia, M ^a   Biringen, S ^a   Peltier, L J ^a,b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Cavity; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; ENERGY EQUATIONS; ISOTHERMAL FLOW; QUIESCENT FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR CAVITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030441244     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19961230)23:12<1311::aid-fld447>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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