Correlations for modeling transitional boundary layers under influences of freestream turbulence and pressure gradient

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Suluksna, Keerati ^a   Dechaumphai, Pramote ^b   Juntasaro, Ekachai ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Critical momentum thickness Reynolds number; Freestream turbulence; Pressure gradient; Transition length parameter; Transition model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

CFD CODES; COMPLEX FORMS; CRITICAL MOMENTUM THICKNESS REYNOLDS NUMBER; FLAT PLATES; FREESTREAM TURBULENCE; LOCAL TURBULENCES; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; TRANSITION LENGTH PARAMETER; TRANSITION MODEL; TRANSITION MODELLING; TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 58149333425     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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