Large-eddy simulations in mixed-flow pumps using an immersed-boundary method

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-43

  Posa, Antonio ^a   Lippolis, Antonio ^a   Verzicco, Roberto ^b   Balaras, Elias ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Immersed boundary method; Large eddy simulation; Mixed flow pump; Turbomachinery flows

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; COST-EFFICIENCY; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FUNCTION MODELS; IMMERSED-BOUNDARY METHOD; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; MIXED FLOW PUMP; OVERSET GRID; REFERENCE FRAME; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; STATIONARY PARTS; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; TURBOMACHINERY FLOWS; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PUMPS; ROTATION; TURBOMACHINERY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 79957603896     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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