Direct numerical simulations of turbulent forced convection between counter-rotating disks

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-221

  Hill, Roger W ^a   Ball, Kenneth S ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter rotating disks; Direct numerical simulations; Spectral methods; Transition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING DISKS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

COUNTER-ROTATING DISKS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION (DNS);

FORCED CONVECTION;

FORCED CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ROTATING DISC; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032884347     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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