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High-order direct and large eddy simulations of turbulent flows in rotating cavities

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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VIII

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The simulation of rotating cavities flows is a major issue in computational fluid dynamics and engineering applications such as disk drives used for digital disk storage in computers, automotive disk brakes, and especially in turbomachinery (see a review in (Owen and Rogers, 1995)).

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Serre, E. (2011). High-order direct and large eddy simulations of turbulent flows in rotating cavities. In: Kuerten, H., Geurts, B., Armenio, V., Fröhlich, J. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VIII. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2482-2_64

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