Numerical study of early stages of an impulsively started unsteady laminar flow past expanded trapezoidal cylinders

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 934-955

  Lee, T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHIMNEYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SUSPENSION BRIDGES; DRAG; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW SEPARATION; INCLINED SURFACES; TRAPEZOIDAL CYLINDERS; FLOW RECIRCULATION;

LAMINAR FLOW;

CYLINDER; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032307807     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539810241132     Document Type: Article

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