Simulation of single- and two-phase flows on sliding unstructured meshes using finite volume method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1137-1159

  Basara, B ^a   Alajbegovic, A ^b   Beader, D ^c  

^a AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

^b AVL Powertrain Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c AVL AST Doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes equations; Sliding meshes; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHODS; TRANSIENT REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (TRANS) EQUATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 3843059259     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.733     Document Type: Article

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