Large eddy simulations of turbulent swirling flows in a dump combustor: A sensitivity study

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-120

  Wang, P ^a   Bai, X S ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Internal recirculation zone; Large eddy simulation; Swirling flow; Vortex breakdown

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

CARTESIAN GRID; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

SWIRLING FLOW;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 11244337238     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.781     Document Type: Article

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