Simulation of flow around a row of square cylinders

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 606, Issue , 2008, Pages 369-397

  Kumar, Shashi Ranjan ^a   Sharma, Atul ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES;

LATTER FREQUENCY; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; QUASI-PERIODIC; QUASI-PERIODIC REGIMES; SQUARE CYLINDERS; VORTICITY DYNAMICS; VORTICITY FIELD;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDER; DRAG; FLOW MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKE;

EID: 45749118788     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008001924     Document Type: Article

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