An improved algorithm for simulating three-dimensional, viscoelastic turbulence

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 3-22

  Vaithianathan, T ^a   Robert, Ashish ^b   Brasseur, James G ^b   Collins, Lance R ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulations; FENE; FENE P; Non Newtonian; Turbulence; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; TENSORS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONFORMATION TENSOR; EULERIAN GRID;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; TENSORS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33751203846     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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