Flapping dynamics of a flag in a uniform stream

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-67

  Connell, Benjamin S H ^a,b   Yue, Dick K P ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Applied Physical Sciences Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

BOUNDARY FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID-STRUCTURE DIRECT SIMULATION; THIN-MEMBRANE DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIGIDITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548188545     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007005307     Document Type: Article

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