Anisotropic, isothermal, turbulent swirling flow in a complex combustor geometry

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1053-1059

  Jones, L N ^a   Gaskell, P H ^a   Thompson, H M ^a   Gu, X J ^b   Emerson, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CLRC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissipation anisotropy; Second moment closure; Swirl

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTOR GEOMETRY; DISSIPATION ANISOTROPY; TURBULENCE MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 16244401907     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.852     Document Type: Article

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