Large eddy simulation of liquid flow in a stirred tank with improved inner-outer iterative algorithm

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Zhang, Yanhong ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Mao, Zaisha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Large eddy simulation; Stirred tank; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBINES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

INNER-OUTER ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL; STIRRED TANK;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 33748443417     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(06)60078-5     Document Type: Article

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