Numerical study of a non-reacting turbulent flow in a gas turbine model combustor

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Widenhorn, A ^a   Noll, B ^a   Aigner, M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD SOFTWARES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLOW ANALYSIS; GAS TURBINE MODEL COMBUSTOR; HYBRID RANS/LES; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SHEAR LAYER; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VORTEX CORES; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78549249605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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