A Fourier-Chebyshev spectral collocation method for simulating flow past spheres and spheroids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 921-937

  Mittal, Rajat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluff body wakes; Direct numerical simulation; Spectral collocation methods; Sphere; Spheroids; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPHERES; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

BLUFF-BODY WAKES; FOURIER-CHEBYSHEV SPECTRAL COLLOCATION METHOD; SPHEROIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SPHERE; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 0032829484     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19990815)30:7<921::AID-FLD875>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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