Large eddy simulation of turbulent thermal convection using a Mixed Scale Diffusivity Model

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 40-49

  Sergent, Anne ^a   Joubert, Patrice ^b   Le Quere P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Rayleigh B nard; Thermal convection; Turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

INFINITE FLUID LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED SCALE DIFFUSIVITY MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33744485001     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2006.009481     Document Type: Article

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