Computational Fluid Dynamics model of thermal microenvironments of corals

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 586-593

  Ong, R H ^a   King, A J C ^a   Mullins, B J ^a   Cooper, T F ^b   Caley, M J ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD of thermal microenvironment of corals; OpenFOAM

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; CORAL BLEACHING; COUPLED DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER THEORY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; OPENFOAM; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER FLOWS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84858850489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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