Simulation of three-dimensional flow around a square cylinder at moderate Reynolds numbers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-306

  Sohankar, Ahmad ^a   Norberg, C ^b   Davidson, L ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000928634     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869879     Document Type: Article

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