Lagrangian transport and chaos in the near wake of the flow around an obstacle: A numerical implementation of lobe dynamics

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-136

  Duan, J ^a   Wiggins, S ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; WAKE;

EID: 0031393343     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-4-125-1997     Document Type: Article

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