Bifurcation phenomena in the flow through a sudden expansion in a circular pipe

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mullin, T ^a   Seddon, J R ^a,c   Mantle, M D ^b   Sederman, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIFURCATION PHENOMENA; BIFURCATION POINTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SUDDEN EXPANSION; SYMMETRY-BREAKING BIFURCATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 59649120750     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3065482     Document Type: Article

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