Large eddy simulation of flow in an unbaffled stirred tank for different Reynolds numbers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yoon, Hyun Sik ^a   Balachandar, S ^b   Ha, Man Yeong ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

ISO SURFACE; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MULTI DOMAINS; RING VORTEX; STIRRED TANK; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME-AVERAGED; VORTEX STRUCTURES;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 70049106431     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3210776     Document Type: Article

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