Three-dimensional simulation of wavy Taylor vortex flow by direct simulation Monte Carlo method

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 811-813

  Riechelmann, Dirk ^a   Nanbu, Kenichi ^b  

^a IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS; SIMULATION-MONTE CARLO; TAYLOR VORTICES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030787318     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869178     Document Type: Article

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