Coherent structures and their frequency signature in the separated shear layer on the sides of a square cylinder

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 97-114

  Brun, C ^a   Aubrun, S ^a   Goossens, T ^a,b   Ravier, Ph ^a  

^a Institut PRISME   (France)

^b PSA   (France)

Author keywords

Kelvin Helmholtz structures; Large eddy simulation; Laser doppler velocimetry; Near wake; Shear layer instability

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DOPPLER EFFECT; EDDY CURRENTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXED CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; CYLINDER DIAMETERS; FLOW AROUND A SQUARE CYLINDER; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBERS; INFLOW VELOCITY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LASER-DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (LDV); REYNOLDS (CO); REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT; SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS; SHEAR LAYERS; SPECIFIC TIME; SQUARE CYLINDERS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 48449089128     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-008-9152-4     Document Type: Article

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