Improvement of the ε transport equation for high- and low-Reynolds turbulence models

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 257, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 653-658

  Merci, Bart ^a   De Langhe, Chris ^a   Dick, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENT IMPINGING JETS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0036439312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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