Vortical patterns behind a tapered cylinder oscillating transversely to a uniform flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 363, Issue , 1998, Pages 79-96

  Techet, A H ^a   Hover, F S ^a   Triantafyllou, M S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032070939     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001104     Document Type: Article

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