Finite element modelling of flow around a circular cylinder using LES

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 1997, Pages 129-139

  Selvam, R Panneer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Building loads; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational wind engineering; Large eddy simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TURBULENCE; WIND;

COMPUTATIONAL WIND ENGINEERING (CWE); DRAG CRISIS PHENOMENA; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); STROUHAL NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CIRCULAR; CYLINDER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LARGE EDDY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031109664     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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