Transient analysis of Rayleigh-Benard convection with a RANS model

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-340

  Kenjeres S ^a   Hanjalic K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WALL FLOW;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; TRANSIENT REYNOLDS-AVERAGED-NAVIER-STOKES (TRANS) APPROACH; VERY LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (VLES);

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0032834868     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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