Near field characteristics of swirling flow past a sudden expansion

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6726-6746

  Mak, H ^a   Balabani, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; PIV; POD; Sudden expansion; Swirl

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; EXPANSION CHAMBER; PIV; POD;

SWIRLING FLOW;

DECOMPOSITION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 35348989247     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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