Use of direct numerical simulation to study the effect of Prandtl number on temperature fields

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Na, Yang ^a   Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^b   Hanratty, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Heat transfer; Prandtl number; Turbulent diffusivity

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 0032879284     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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