Assessment of intermittency transport equations for modeling transition in boundary layers subjected to freestream turbulence

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-61

  Suluksna, Keerati ^a   Juntasaro, Ekachai ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Bypass; Freestream turbulence; Intermittency; Modeling; Transition; Zero pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRID COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FREESTREAM TURBULENCE; TRANSPORT EQUATION MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRID COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 37549054618     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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