New evaluation of the K-ε turbulence model forfree buoyant plumes

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 731-751

  Brescianini, C P ^a   Delichatsios, M A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT PLUMES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 0242409216     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713838127     Document Type: Article

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