Vortex dynamics associated with the collision of a sphere with a wall

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Leweke, Thomas ^a   Thompson, Mark C ^b   Hourigan, Kerry ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; WAKES; WALL FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY; NON-AXISYMMETRIC INSTABILITY; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

COLLISION; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX RING; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 4544282403     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1773854     Document Type: Article

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