Unsteady numerical simulations of turbulence and coherent structures in axial flow near a narrow gap

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 458-466

  Chang, D ^a   Tavoularis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COHERENT STRUCTURES (CS); GRID ELEMENTS; NARROW GAP; VELOCITY FIELDS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 22944442952     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1900140     Document Type: Article

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