Numerical solution of turbulent channel flow past a backward-facing step with a porous insert using linear and nonlinear k-ε models

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-29

  Assato, Marcelo ^a   Pedras, Marcos H J ^b   De Lemos, Marcelo J S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; TURBULENCE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

BACKWARD-FACING-STEP CHANNELS; CONTROL-VOLUME METHOD; EDDY-DIFFUSIVITY MODELS; SIMPLE ALGORITHMS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 14744277151     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v8.i1.20     Document Type: Article

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