The flow around a torsionally oscillating sphere

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4192-4205

  Hollerbach, R ^a   Wiener, R J ^b   Sullivan, I S ^c   Donnelly, R J ^c   Barenghi, C F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; JETS; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

OSCILLATING SPHERES;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; SPHERE;

EID: 0036948413     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1518029     Document Type: Article

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