A hybrid vortex method for flows over a bluff body

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-274

  Cheng, M ^a   Chew, Y T ^a   Luo, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bluff body; Hybrid vortex method

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

BLUFF BODY; HYBRID VORTEX METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VISCOUS FLOW;

BODIES-BLUFF; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031080452     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19970215)24:3<253::AID-FLD490>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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