Flow past a sphere up to a Reynolds number of 300

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 378, Issue , 1999, Pages 19-70

  Johnson, T A ^a   Patel, V C ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

SYMMETRY BREAKING MECHANISM; VISCOUS FLUID;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0032679525     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003206     Document Type: Article

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