Instability of the separated shear layer in flow past a cylinder: Forced excitation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 687-702

  Mittal, Sanjay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Circular cylinder; Finite element method; Shear layer instability; Unsteady inflow

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

SHEAR LAYER INSTABILITY; UNSTEADY INFLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

EID: 39549106055     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1548     Document Type: Article

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