Developments in the understanding of bluff body flows

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1 SUPPL. SI, 1998, Pages 103-114

  Bearman, P W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Industrial Aerodynamics Group   (Japan)

^e Imperial College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluff Bodies; CFD; Circular Cylinder; Drag Reduction; Lock in; Oscillating Cylinders; Three dimensionality; Vortex Dislocations; Vortex Shedding; Wavy Bodies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FLOW MEASUREMENT; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

BLUFF BODY FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BLUFF BODY; CIRCULAR CYLINDER; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BODY; CYLINDER; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 0032004846     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.41.103     Document Type: Article

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