Experimental studies of vortices shed from cylinders with a step-change in diameter

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 555, Issue , 2006, Pages 409-437

  Dunn, W ^a   Tavoularis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EDGE VORTICES; JUNCTION VORTICES; VORTEX STRENGTHS;

VORTEX SHEDDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FLOW VELOCITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749435031     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200600927X     Document Type: Article

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