A numerical investigation of wall effects up to high blockage ratios on two-dimensional flow past a confined circular cylinder

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1305-1320

  Sahin, Mehmet ^a   Owens, Robert G ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BLOCKAGE RATIO; LATERAL WALL PROXIMITY EFFECTS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; STROUHAL NUMBER;

WALL FLOW;

CYLINDER; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 2442647526     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1668285     Document Type: Article

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