Forced convection over a three-dimensional horizontal backward facing step

International Journal of Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Saldana, J G Barbosa ^a   Anand, N K ^a   Sarin, V ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Reattachment; Recirculation; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250618163     PISSN: 15502287     EISSN: 15502295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/155022891009107     Document Type: Article

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