Numerical study of gas-cyclone airflow: An investigation of turbulence modelling approaches

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Dhakal, Tej P ^a   Walters, D Keith ^a   Strasser, Wayne ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclone; eddy viscosity; large eddy simulation; swirling flow; turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STORMS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIFFERENTIAL REYNOLDS-STRESS MODELS; EDDY VISCOSITY; EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES MODELS;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 84897913397     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618562.2013.878800     Document Type: Article

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