Influence of flow properties on a structure of a mineral wool primary layer

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 440-449

  Bajcar, Tom ^a   Blagojević, Bogdan ^a   Širok, Brane ^a   Dular, Matevž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Flow properties; Mineral wool; Numerical analysis; Primary layer; Turbulence; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW PROPERTIES; PRIMARY LAYER;

MINERAL WOOL;

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL WOOL; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 35748962605     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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