Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the transition of flow past a cube

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1630-1646

  Saha, A K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENTS; SIDE FORCE COEFFICIENTS; SPATIAL STRUCTURES;

WAKES;

ASYMMETRIC FLOW; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW PATTERN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 2542423576     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1688324     Document Type: Article

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