Assessment study of k-ε turbulence models and near-wall modeling for steady state swirling flow analysis in draft tube using fluent

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-478

  Galván, Sergio ^a   Reggio, Marcelo ^b   Guibault, Francois ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Draft tube; Hydraulic Turbine; Turbulence models; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955246380     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2011.11015386     Document Type: Article

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