Numerical model for simulation of pump-intake flow and vortices

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-134

  Constantinescu, G S ^a   Patel, V C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa Inst of Hydr Res   (United States)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUMP PUMPS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

FACTORIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX;

EID: 0032007233     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1998)124:2(123)     Document Type: Article

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