Numerical study of the turbulent unsteady wake behind a partially enclosed square cylinder using RANS

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 323-341

  Saha, A K ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Muralidhar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

STROUHAL NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RECTANGULAR CYLINDER; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKE;

EID: 0033520104     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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