A modified form of the κ-ε model for turbulent flows of an incompressible fluid in porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2909-2915

  Getachew, D ^a   Minkowycz, W J ^b   Lage, J L ^c  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Incompressible flow; Modeling; Porous media; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

MOMENTUM EQUATION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0343238159     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00345-2     Document Type: Article

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