Numerical study of three recirculation zones in the unilateral sudden expansion flow

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1053-1060

  Lima, R C ^a   Andrade, C R ^a   Zaparoli, E L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; CFD; Laminar flow; Reverse flow; Sudden expansion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BACKWARD-FACING STEP; CFD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE VOLUMES; GRID-INDEPENDENT; LAMINAR AIR FLOW; MASS CONSERVATION; MODEL EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; REATTACHMENT LENGTHS; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; RECIRCULATION ZONES; REVERSE FLOW; REYNOLDS; SUDDEN EXPANSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR FLOWS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50849138147     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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