Numerical simulation of the effect of void fraction and inlet velocity on two-phase turbulence in bubble-liquid flows

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Zhou, Lixing ^a   Li, Rongxian ^a   Du, Ruxu ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bubble liquid flows; Second order moment model; Two phase turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

BUBBLE-LIQUID FLOWS; LIQUID TURBULENCE; SECOND-ORDER MOMENT MODEL; TWO-PHASE TURBULENCE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33751559165     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-006-0026-5     Document Type: Article

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