Large-eddy simulation of a gas turbine combustor flow

Combustion science and technology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-62

  Kim, Won Wook ^a   Menon, Suresh ^a   Mongia, Hukam C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; GAS TURBINES; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 0033337067     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209908924192     Document Type: Article

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