Inlet conditions for large eddy simulation of gas-turbine swirl injectors

AIAA Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1782-1790

  Baba Ahmadi, M H ^a,b   Tabor, G R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLOW SIMULATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (AIAA); AXISYMMETRIC; BODY FORCES; EDDY SIMULATIONS; INLET CONDITIONS; SUDDEN EXPANSION; SWIRL INJECTORS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 47849103703     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35259     Document Type: Article

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