Flow heterogeneity over 3D cluster microform: Laboratory and numerical investigation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-287

  Strom, Kyle B ^a   Papanicolaou, Athanasios N ^a   Constantinescu, George ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Computational fluid dynamics technique; Hydraulic engineering; Microstructures; Numerical models; Simulation; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BEDFORMS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BEDFORM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRAULICS; LABORATORY METHOD; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33847210306     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:3(273)     Document Type: Article

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