Numerical study of thermal chaotic mixing in a two rod rotating mixer

Computational Thermal Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-73

  Le Guer, Yves ^a   El Omari, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC FLOWS; CHAOTIC MIXING; CIRCULAR RODS; CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM; CYLINDRICAL TANKS; DIRECTION OF ROTATION; FINITE-VOLUME FORMULATION; HIGHLY VISCOUS FLUIDS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRESSURE-BASED; ROTATING MIXERS; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE HOMOGENIZATION; TEMPORAL MODULATIONS; UNSTEADY EQUATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED HYBRID GRIDS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY); ROTATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

MIXING;

EID: 78651538611     PISSN: 19402503     EISSN: 19402554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/ComputThermalScien.v1.i1.30     Document Type: Article

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