Three-dimensional structure of confined swirling jets at moderately large Reynolds numbers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sanmiguel Rojas, E ^a   Burgos, M A ^b   Del Pino, C ^c   Fernandez Feria, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; CONFINED FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; PIPE FLOW; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW;

ASYMMETRIC PERTURBATIONS; AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; AXISYMMETRIC SIMULATION; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; LINEAR INSTABILITIES; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) NUMERICAL SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; ROTATING PIPE; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; JETS;

CONFINED FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; JETS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 43149102969     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2907218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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