Comparison of different URANS schemes for the simulation of complex swirling flows

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-120

  Ramírez, Juan A ^a   Cortés, Cristóbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKE; ALMOST PERIODIC; COHERENT STRUCTURE; GRID DENSITY; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; REYNOLDS STRESS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TIME-DEPENDENT; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

AIR INTAKES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77956588489     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790.2010.508440     Document Type: Article

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