Numerical study of hydrodynamic and thermal behaviors of agitated yield-stress fluid

Mechanics and Industry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-315

  Hammami, Moez ^a   Chebbi, Amal ^a   Baccar, Mounir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Anchor impeller; Heat transfer; Numerical analysis; Rigid zones; Viscoplastic fluid

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; BINGHAM VISCO-PLASTIC; HEATING PERFORMANCE; RECIRCULATION ZONES; REGULARIZATION MODELS; RIGID ZONE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; VISCOPLASTIC FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC FLOW; VISCOPLASTICITY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 84885050880     PISSN: 22577777     EISSN: 22577750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/meca/2013070     Document Type: Article

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