Two-dimensional and three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of co-rotating vortices

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Orlandi, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convection; Extern al flows; Flow simulation; Turbulence; Vortices; Wakes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAKES;

CO-ROTATING VORTICES; EXTERNAL FLOWS; FLOW SIMULATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES;

EID: 33847792656     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2433738     Document Type: Article

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