Computation of a drastic flow pattern change in an annular swirling jet caused by a small decrease in inlet swirl

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-592

  Vanierschot, Maarten ^a   Van den Bulck, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annular swirling flow; Flow pattern change; URANS

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR CHANNELS; ANNULAR SWIRLING FLOW; COANDA EFFECTS; CONICAL NOZZLE; CONTROL VOLUMES; DRIVING FORCES; FLOW PATTERN CHANGE; INLET SWIRLS; JET BOUNDARIES; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PATTERN CHANGE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PIV MEASUREMENTS; QUASI-STATIC REGIME; REYNOLDS STRESS TURBULENCE MODEL; SUDDEN CHANGE; SWIRLING JETS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TIME-RESOLVED; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; URANS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; JETS; NOZZLES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 61849149166     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1835     Document Type: Article

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