Performance analysis of numerical schemes in highly swirling turbulent flows in cyclones

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1273-1278

  Kaya, F ^a   Karagoz, I ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Numerical schemes; Swirling flows; Turbulence models

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849094569     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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