Numerical study of blockage effects on aerodynamic characteristics of an oscillating rectangular cylinder

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-102

  Okajima, Atsushi ^a   Yi, Donglai ^a   Sakuda, Atsushi ^a   Nakano, Tomohito ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blockage effect; Drag force; Lift force; Numerical simulation; Oscillating square cylinder; Strouhal number; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; STROUHAL NUMBER;

WALL FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS; CYLINDER; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; MODELING;

AERODYNAMICS; CYLINDER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORY RECTANGULAR; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 0031109656     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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