A lattice Boltzmann study on the drag force in bubble swarms

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 679, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-121

  Gillissen, J J J ^a   Sundaresan, S ^b   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

bubble dynamics; gas liquid flows; turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE DEFORMATION; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GAS VOLUME FRACTION; GAS/LIQUID FLOWS; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

DRAG;

BUBBLE; BUOYANCY; DRAG; GAS FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80052173640     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.125     Document Type: Article

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