Large-eddy simulation of triangular-stabilized lean premixed turbulent flames: Quality and error assessment

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 563-596

  Manickam, Bhuvaneswaran ^a   Franke, Joerg ^b   Muppala, Siva P R ^c   Dinkelacker, Friedrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algebraic reaction closure; Large eddy simulation; Premixed combustion; Quality and error analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC REACTION CLOSURE; BLUFF BODY; BLUFF-BODY FLAME; COARSE GRID; COLD FLOWS; COMBUSTING FLOW; COMBUSTION MODEL; ERROR ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAME DYNAMICS; FLAME SURFACE; FLAMELETS; FLOW DEVELOPMENT; GRID CELLS; GRID QUALITY; GRID SIZE VARIATION; INLET TEMPERATURE; INLET VELOCITY; MEAN FLOW; MODEL ERRORS; NONREACTING FLOW; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; PREMIXED TURBULENT FLAMES; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTING FLOWS; REACTION HEAT; REACTION PROGRESS; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; RMS VELOCITIES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; SUBMODELS; TEST RIGS; TURBULENT BURNING; TURBULENT FLAME SPEED; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY;

ALGEBRA; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INLET FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84861462349     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-011-9385-5     Document Type: Article

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