Steady and unsteady computations of turbulent flows induced by a 4/45° pitched-blade impeller

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 318-329

  Wechsler, K ^a   Breuer, M ^a   Durst, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAFFLED STIRRED TANK REACTOR; PERMIT GRID SENSITIVITY; PITCHED BLADE IMPELLER; ROTATING FRAME OF REFERENCE; STEADY STATE COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; TIME DEPENDENT GEOMETRY; TURBULENCE MODEL; UNSTEADY COMPUTATIONS;

ROTORS;

EID: 0032669757     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822210     Document Type: Article

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