Numerical study of three-dimensional flows around two identical square cylinders in staggered arrangements

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Niu, Jianlei ^a   Zhu, Zuojin ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TALL BUILDINGS; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR POLLUTANT DISPERSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS; TWO IDENTICAL SQUARE CYLINDERS (TISCS);

DISPERSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISPERSIONS; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TALL BUILDINGS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33745627801     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2194077     Document Type: Article

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