Large-eddy simulation (LES) of large hydrocyclones

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-245

  Delgadillo, Jose A ^a   Rajamani, Raj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrocyclones; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TURBULENCE;

AIR CORE PROFILE; HYDROCYCLONES; LASER ANEMOMETRY; TANGENTIAL VELOCITY;

STORMS;

AIR; ANEMOMETRY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; FLUID FLOW; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34249736990     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350701375774     Document Type: Article

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