Flow simulation in a complex fluidics using three turbulence models and unstructured grids

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 484-500

  Wang, Junye ^a   Priestman, Geoffrey H ^b  

^a North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluidics; Numerical analysis; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; DROP FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ORDER; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HIGHER ORDER; INCOMPRESSIBLE TURBULENT FLOW; LOCAL INFORMATION; MAXIMUM FLOWS; NEAR WALL MODELS; NEAR-WALL; NEAR-WALL TREATMENT; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SIMULATION; SYMMETRICAL DESIGN; TURBULENT MODELS; TWO LAYERS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; WALL FUNCTION; WALL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDICS; FORECASTING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 76049094664     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530910938399     Document Type: Article

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