Experimental study and large eddy simulation of turbulent flow around tube bundles composed of wavy and circular cylinders

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-44

  Lam, K ^a   Lin, Y F ^a   Zou, L ^b   Liu, Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; LDA; Tube bundles; Turbulent flow; Wavy cylinders

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLUCTUATING FORCES; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS; LDA; MEAN VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL WAVELENGTH; POWER DENSITY SPECTRUM; SUB-CRITICAL; TUBE BUNDLE; TUBE BUNDLES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WAKE PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

EID: 73749084283     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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