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RENORMALIZATION GROUP FORMULATION OF TURBULENT TRANSPORT IN COMPLEX MEDIA

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1581
Amount: $189,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
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Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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P.o. Box 249 Mit Station
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr. Victor Yakhot
 Scientist
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Business Contact
 DR. VICTOR YAKHOT
Title: SCIENTIST
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Abstract

RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG) METHODS ARE APPLIED TO THE DERIVATION OF TURBULENCE TRANSPORT MODELS FOR FLOWS WITH COMPLEX PHYSICS, LIKE TWO-PHASE FLOWS AND COMBUSTING FLOWS. THE RNG METHODS ARE ATTRACTIVE IN THAT THEY GIVE A DERIVATION OF THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTIONAL FORM FOR THE TRANSPORT CLOSURES, RELATE CONSTANTS APPEARING IN THE CLOSURE TO THE STRUCTURE OF HOMOGENEOUS, ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE AT SMALL SCALES, TREAT IN A DYNAMICALLY CONSISTENT WAY THE LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECTS IN WALL LAYERS, AND PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR THE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN EDDY AND MOLECULAR EFFECTS. IN PHASE I, TWO PROTOTYPE PROBLEMS ARE CONSIDERED. FIRST, DUSTY GASES WILL STUDIED AS A PROTOTYPE OF TWO-PHASE FLOWS--TRANSPORT APPROXIMATIONS WILL BE DERIVED AND THE RESULTS COMPARED TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA. SECOND, PRE-MIXED FLAMES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PROTOTYPES OF TURBULENT COMBUSTING MEDIA.

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