A numerical study of steady viscous flow past a fluid sphere

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 414-421

  Juncu, Gh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Defect correction; Fluid sphere; Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUID SPHERE;

VISCOUS FLOW;

BUBBLE; DROPLET; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0032725677     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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