Numerical simulation of confined vortex flow using a modified k-ε turbulence model

CFD Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Saqr, Khalid M ^a   Aly, Hossam S ^b   Wahid, Mazlan A ^a   Sies, Mohsin M ^a  

^a Faculty of Mechanical Engineerin   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dissipation rate equation; Eddy viscosity models; RNG k epsilon; Turbulence modelling; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956062230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21801363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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