Analysis of 3D backward-facing step incompressible flows via a local average-based numerical procedure

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1073-1091

  De Stefano, G ^a   Denaro, F M ^a   Riccardi, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local average procedure; Multidimensional fluxes reconstruction; Three dimensional backward facing step incompressible flow; Vortex lines; Vortices identification

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD-FACING STEP INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS; LOCAL-AVERAGED METHOD; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FLUXES RECONSTRUCTION;

FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE); THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032534104     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19981115)28:7<1073::AID-FLD755>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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