Three-dimensional subharmonic waves during transition in the near-wake region of a cylinder

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1476-1485

  Williams, D R ^a   Mansy, H ^a   Abouel Fotouh, A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS; SUBHARMONIC; WAVES;

EID: 0029673626     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868924     Document Type: Article

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