Axisymmetric vortex simulations with various turbulence models

CFD Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Fiedler, Brian H ^a   Garfield, Gabriel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

K epsilon models; Reynolds stress models; Tornado; Turbulence modelling; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858060618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21801363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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