Analysis of turbulence anisotropy in a mixing tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2771-2779

  Escudié, Renaud ^a   Liné, Alain ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Stirred vessel; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TENSORS; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

AXISYMMETRY INVARIANT; REYNOLDS STRESS TENSORS; STIRRED VESSELS; TENSORIAL ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TENSORS; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33244469498     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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