Numerical study of vortex interactions behind two circular cylinders in bistable flow regime

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 379-409

  Ng, C W ^a   Cheng, V S Y ^a   Ko, N W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

BISTABLE FLOW; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; FLIP FLOPPING PHASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE VORTEX MODEL; VORTEX AMALGAMATION; VORTEX DIPOLE; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX INTERACTIONS; VORTEX PAIRING;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BODIES-CYLINDERS(CIRCULAR); FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031171746     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(96)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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