Numerical simulation of two-dimensional laminar incompressible wall jet flow under backward-facing step

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1023-1035

  Kanna, P Rajesh ^a   Das, Manab Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Recirculation; Similarity; Wall jet; Wall vorticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BACKWARD FACING STEP; RECIRCULATION; WALL JETS; WALL VORTICITY;

WALL FLOW;

EID: 33750091066     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2243298     Document Type: Article

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