Side-wall effects on the bifurcation of the flow through a sudden expansion

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-184

  Tsui, Yeng Yung ^a   Wang, Hong Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow bifurcation; Recirculating flows; Side wall effects; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; GEOMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

ASYMMETRIC FLOW; FLOW BIFURCATION; RECIRCULATING FLOW; SIDE-WALL EFFECT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ASPECT RATIO; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

EID: 38349180770     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1524     Document Type: Article

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