On discretization errors and subgrid scale model implementations in large eddy simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8203-8213

  Vire A ^a   Knaepen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Homogeneous isotropic turbulence; Large eddy simulation; Smagorinsky model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERRORS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; VISCOUS FLOW;

DECAYING HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; MODEL IMPLEMENTATION; PERFORMANCE; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; SOLID BOUNDARIES; SUB-GRID-SCALE MODELS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 70349263486     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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