Three-dimensional turbulent swirling flow in a cylinder: Experiments and computations

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-261

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Kumar, Ranganathan ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Particle tracking velocimetry; Renormalization; Swirling flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; RENORMALIZATION;

SWIRLING FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33847034865     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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