Numerical aspects of flow computation through orifices

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Erdal, A ^a   Andersson, H I ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

CFD; Numerical methods; Orifice; Turbulence models

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORIFICES; TURBULENCE;

FLOW CONDITIONERS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ORIFICE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031089310     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(97)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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