Numerical simulation of cavitating flow in 2D and 3D inducer geometries

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-167

  Coutier Delgosha, Olivier ^a,b   Fortes Patella, R ^a   Reboud, Jean Luc ^c   Hakimi, Nouredine ^d   Hirsch, C ^e  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^d Numeca International   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barotropic model; Cavitation; Inducer; Preconditioner; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAVITATING FLOW; MACH NUMBER; NUMERICAL MODELS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 17744395492     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.820     Document Type: Article

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