A posteriori analysis of numerical errors in subfilter scalar variance modeling for large eddy simulation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kaul, C M ^a   Raman, V ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMBUSTION; ERRORS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESH GENERATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; MODELING PROCEDURE; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; NUMERICAL DISCRETIZATION; POSTERIORI ANALYSIS; SCALAR DISSIPATION RATE; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 79953278769     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3556097     Document Type: Article

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