Comprehensive validation of an intermittency transport model for transitional low-pressure turbine flows

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 7036-7053

  Suzen, Y B ^a   Huang, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EDDY VISCOSITY; STATIC PRESSURE; TRANSITIONAL FLOWS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

TURBINES;

EID: 3042623953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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