Numerical investigation of bend and torus flows, part I : Effect of swirl motion on flow structure in U-bend

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3345-3357

  Pruvost, J ^a   Legrand, J ^a   Legentilhomme, P ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Bend; Hydrodynamics; Numerical analysis; Simulation; Swirl; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESSES;

INITIAL SWIRL MOTIONS; TORUS FLOWS; TORUS REACTORS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BEND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 3242747362     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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