Turbulent flow in a 90°pipe junction. Part 1: Decay of fluctuations upstream the flow bifurcation

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-213

  Sierra Espinosa, F Z ^a   Bates, C J ^a   O'Doherty, T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler; Separation; Turbulence fluctuations; Turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW BIFURCATION; RENORMALIZED GROUP (RNG) THEORY;

PIPE FLOW;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; PIPE BEND; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0034004380     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(99)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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