A comparative study of turbulence models performance for separating flow in a planar asymmetric diffuser

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 248-257

  El Behery, Samy M ^a   Hamed, Mofreh H ^b  

^a Menoufia University   (Egypt)

^b University of Kafrelsheikh   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diffuser; Reattachment; Separation; Turbulence models; Turbulent flow; Wall functions

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; ATTACHMENT POINTS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GRID DENSITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW; RANS EQUATION; REATTACHMENT; SEPARATED FLOWS; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; USER DEFINED SCALARS; USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS; WALL FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 79952623159     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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