Modelling of a utility boiler using parallel computing

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-232

  Coelho, P J ^a   Novo, P A ^a   Carvalho, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD; SPATIAL DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHOD;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032667227     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008056714706     Document Type: Article

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