A comparative study of three turbulence-closure models for the hydrocyclone problem

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Delgadillo, Jose A ^a   Rajamani, Raj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrocyclones; Large eddy Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESSES; TURBULENCE;

AIR-CORE DIMENSIONS; HYDROCYLCONES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP;

STORMS;

EID: 27144507041     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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