Three-dimensional instabilities in the wake of a circular cylinder

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-196

  Thompson, Mark ^a   Hourigan, Kerry ^a   Sheridan, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bluff body wakes; Wake transition

Indexed keywords

BODIES-CYLINDERS; FLOW INSTABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL; WAKES; FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY;

BASE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; BLUFF BODY WAKES; HIGH ORDER SPECTRAL ELEMENT TECHNIQUE; STROUHAL NUMBER; WAKE TRANSITION;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WAKES;

EID: 0030071995     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0894-1777(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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