A three-dimensional simulation of a steady approach flow past a circular cylinder at low reynolds number

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1003-1022

  Zhang, Jianfeng ^a   Dalton, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Low Reynolds numbers; Steady approach flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WAKES;

FRACTIONAL STEP SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; STEADY APPROACH FLOW; STROUHAL NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032075039     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19980515)26:9<1003::aid-fld611>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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