PIV analysis of near-wake behind a sphere at a subcritical Reynolds number

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 905-914

  Jang, Young Il ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

CIRCULATING WATER CHANNEL; RECIRCULATION VORTICES; VORTICITY DISTRIBUTION;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

EID: 43049176209     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0448-2     Document Type: Article

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