Modeling scalar dissipation and scalar variance in large eddy simulation: Algebraic and transport equation closures

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Knudsen, E ^a   Richardson, E S ^b   Doran, E M ^c   Pitsch, H ^d   Chen, J H ^e  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSCH RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ALGEBRAIC MODELS; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DISSIPATION RATES; DYNAMIC APPROACHES; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; SCALAR DISSIPATION; SCALAR DISSIPATION RATE; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 84861989234     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4711369     Document Type: Article

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