Applying the discrete vortex method in environmental fluid mechanics: A study of the time-averaged near wake behind a circular cylinder

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-463

  Richmond Bryant, Jennifer ^a   Flynn, M R ^b  

^a ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluff bodies; Computational fluid dynamics; Environmental fluid mechanics; Near wake; Vortex methods

Indexed keywords

BLUFF BODY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDER; VORTEX; WAKE;

EID: 13844312053     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-005-0896-2     Document Type: Article

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