Interactions of tandem square cylinders at low Reynolds numbers

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 927-938

  Yen, S C ^a   San, K C ^b   Chuang, T H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

PIV; Tandem square cylinders; Topological analysis; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; STREAM FLOW; STROUHAL NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WATER TANKS;

PIV; TANDEM SQUARE CYLINDERS; TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW; STROUHAL NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WATER TANKS;

EID: 38949216746     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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