Three-dimensional numerical Simulation and performance study of an industrial helical static mixer

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-483

  Rahmani, Ramin K ^a   Keith, Theo G ^a   Ayasoufi, Anahita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEPING FLOWS; INDUSTRIAL HELICAL STATIC MIXER; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL (RSM); VISCOUS LIQUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 22944455202     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1899166     Document Type: Article

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