URANS computations for an oscillatory non-isothermal triple-jet using the k-ε and second moment closure turbulence models

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1019-1044

  Nishimura, M ^a   Kimura, N ^b  

^a KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid metal cooled fast reactor; Mixing of jets; Reynolds stress equation; Thermal striping; Transitional flow; Turbulent heat flux equation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; HEAT FLUX; ISOTHERMS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; LIQUID METALS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE MODEL;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT FLUX; JET MIXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0344513393     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.510     Document Type: Article

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