Large eddy simulation of flow through a streamwise-periodic structure

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-529

  Hutter, C ^a   Zenklusen, A ^a   Kuhn, S ^b   Rudolf von Rohr, P H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

LES; Mixing; Porous media; Simulation; Streamwise periodic structure; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW DOMAINS; FLOWTHROUGH; GEOMETRIC DETAILS; INNER DIAMETERS; LES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPEN-CELL; POROUS MEDIA; SIMULATION; STREAMWISE-PERIODIC STRUCTURE; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; TUBE DIAMETERS; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT REGIME;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 78650701018     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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