Two-dimensional simulation of flow around rectangular prisms

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 131-161

  Yu, D ^a   Kareem, A ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluff body aerodynamics; Correlation; Drag coefficient; Large eddy simulation; Lift coefficient; Numerical methods; Power spectral density; Pressure fluctuation; Probability density function; Streaklines; Turbulence; Wind loads; Wind structure interaction

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DRAG; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS) VALUES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE QUICK;

PRISMS;

AERODYNAMICS; BODIES-PRISMS; GRIDS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0030234134     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(96)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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