Large-eddy simulations of gas-turbine swirl injector flow dynamics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 583, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-122

  Wang, Shanwu ^a   Yang, Vigor ^a   Hsiao, George ^b   Hsieh, Shih Yang ^b   Mongia, Hukam C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GAS TURBINES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

FLOW EVOLUTION; GAS-TURBINE INJECTOR; SMAGORINSKY TREAMENT;

SWIRLING FLOW;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GAS TURBINES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID FLOW; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBINE;

EID: 34547554194     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007006155     Document Type: Article

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