Numerical investigation of turbulent flow around a rotating stepped cylinder for corrosion study

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-36

  Yang, Kyung Soo ^a   Hwang, Jong Yeon ^a   Bremhorst, Klaus ^c   Nesic, Srdjan ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Corrosion; Direct numerical simulation; Mass transfer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; SHEAR STRESS;

FLOW GEOMETRY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CORROSION; CYLINDER; FLOW SEPARATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037492130     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810103     Document Type: Article

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