Transition Modelling for General Purpose CFD Codes

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 277-303

  Menter, F R ^a   Langtry, R ^a   Volker S ^b  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

intermittency; laminar turbulent transition; LCTM; local formulation; SST model; transport equation; turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD-CODES; INTERMITTENCY; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; LCTM; LOCAL FORMULATION; MODELING CONCEPTS; SST MODEL; TRANSITION MODEL; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENCE MODELING;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 85121828619     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-006-9047-1     Document Type: Article

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