Finite element modelling of the near wall zone of confined turbulent flows
J.Y. Xia
(Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK)
C. Taylor
(Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK)
J.O. Medwell
(Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK)
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Abstract
An inherent problem when analysing confined turbulent flows, using a numerical approach, is mapping within the conventionally termed ‘near wall zone’. In order to accommodate the rapid variations in both velocities and turbulent kinetic energies the region would, if conventional techniques are employed, require an extremely fine spatial subdivision.
Citation
Xia, J.Y., Taylor, C. and Medwell, J.O. (1989), "Finite element modelling of the near wall zone of confined turbulent flows", Engineering Computations, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023766
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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