Numerical simulations of a second-order chemical reaction in a plane turbulent channel flow

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4248-4263

  Fabregat, Alexandre ^a   Pallarès, Jordi ^a   Cuesta, Ildefonso ^a   Grau, Francesc X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNS; Second order chemical reaction; Stochastic Fields; Turbulent channel flow; Turbulent mass transfer; Turbulent Schmidt number

Indexed keywords

SECOND-ORDER CHEMICAL REACTIONS; STOCHASTIC FIELD; STOCHASTIC FIELDS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; TURBULENT SCHMIDT NUMBER;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INLET FLOW; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCANDIUM; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 77954538517     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.051     Document Type: Article

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