A comparison of steady, pulsating flow measurements and CFD simulations in close coupled catalysts

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Arias Garcia A ^a   Benjamin, S F ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Farr, S ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b ARVINMERITOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; EXHAUST GASES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

AUTOMOTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CLOSE-COUPLED CATALYSTS; CLOSE-COUPLED CATALYTIC CONVERTER; COMPOSITE MAPS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072449440     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-3662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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