An adaptive finite element method for a two-equation turbulence model in wall-bounded flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-120

  Ilinca, F ^a   Pelletier, D ^a   Garon, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive FEM; Incompressible; K model; Navier Stokes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

NUMERICALLY EXACT SOLUTIONS; TWO EQUATION TURBULENCE MODEL; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; WALL BOUNDED FLOWS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030929345     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19970115)24:1<101::aid-fld482>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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