Aerodynamics of a moving curveball in Newtonian flow

Advances in Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2002, Pages 597-606

  Huang, J Y ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; TRAJECTORIES;

CURVE-BALLS; STRESS TENSORS; VISCID FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 2942696588     PISSN: 1353808X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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