Numerical study of hysteresis in annular swirling jets with a stepped-conical nozzle

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-324

  Vanierschot, Maarten ^a   Van den Bulck, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annular swirling flow; Free jet; Hysteresis; Stepped conical nozzle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYSTERESIS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

ANNULAR SWIRLING JET; REYNOLDS STRESS TRANSPORT; STEPPED-CONICAL NOZZLE;

JETS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYSTERESIS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; JETS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 34248547411     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1400     Document Type: Article

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