Simulation of axial flow in a bare rod bundle using a non-linear turbulence model with high and low Reynolds approximations

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 465-471

  De Lemos, Marcelo J S ^a   Assato, Marcelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EDDY VISCOSITY MODELS; TWO-EQUATION MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

AXIAL FLOW;

EID: 0036393092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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