Flow in an impeller-stirred tank using an immersed-boundary method

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1109-1118

  Verzicco, R ^a   Fatica, M ^b   Iaccarino, G ^b   Orlandi, P ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct simulation; Mixing device; Transitional unsteady flow; Turbulence modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMPELLERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIRLING CYCLE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BENIGN PARAMETERS; FLOW STRUCTURES; UNBAFFLED;

CONFINED FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL; FLUID FLOW; IMPELLER; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FLOW KINETICS; IMMERSION; IMPELLER; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLUTION; STIRRED REACTOR; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 2542567968     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10117     Document Type: Article

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