Numerical study of turbulent bubbly downflows in a vertical channel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Lu, Jiacai ^a   Tryggvason, Gretar ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer turbulence; Bubbles; Channel flow; Finite volume methods; Flow simulation; Friction; Hydrostatics; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; FLOW SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VOID FRACTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33750598169     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2353399     Document Type: Article

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