Computation of a turbulent natural convection in a rectangular cavity with the elliptic-blending second-moment closure

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1217-1224

  Choi, Seok Ki ^a   Kim, Seong O ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elliptic blending second moment closure; General gradient diffusion hypothesis; Turbulent natural convection

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ELLIPTIC-BLENDING SECOND-MOMENT CLOSURE; GENERAL GRADIENT DIFFUSION HYPOTHESIS; SECOND-MOMENT DIFFERENTIAL STRESS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33750820411     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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