ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Numerical simulation
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Slug flow
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Turbulence
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Dissipation
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Open surface
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Engineering
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Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Steps towards the numerical simulation of the flow behind the slug front in horizontal slug flow performed with a streamfunction-vorticity representation of the mean flow and an energy dissipation model for the turbulence are discussed. The flow field consists of two vortices, one saddle point and four stagnation regions. Attention is focused on the following boundary conditions: moving wall jet, moving wall, free jet velocity discontinuity and vertical liquid-gas open surface. A dissipation flux boundary condition is suggested to simulate the interaction of the turbulent eddies with the open surface. A method to assess the necessity to use a transport model equation for the dissipation rather than a geometric specification of a length is suggested. Three different ways to characterize the mixing zone length are proposed.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650140202
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