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LES in a Concentric Annular Pipe: Analysis of Mesh Sensitivity and Wall Pressure Fluctuations

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Annular pipe flows have varied application in the domains of nuclear reactors, heat exchangers, drilling operations in oil industry etc.

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Bhattacharjee, S., Ricciardi, G., Viazzo, S. (2018). LES in a Concentric Annular Pipe: Analysis of Mesh Sensitivity and Wall Pressure Fluctuations. In: Grigoriadis, D., Geurts, B., Kuerten, H., Fröhlich, J., Armenio, V. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation X. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63212-4_11

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