Large eddy simulation of flow in a stirred tank

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 486-499

  Yoon, H S ^a   Balachandar, S ^b   Ha, M Y ^a   Kar, K ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0038078990     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1566046     Document Type: Article

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