Simulating the dynamics of flexible bodies and vortex sheets

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2587-2603

  Alben, Silas ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled; Flexible; Flow body; Implicit; Vortex sheet

Indexed keywords

VORTEX FLOW;

COUPLED; EDGE DEFLECTIONS; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE BODIES; FLOW BODY; FREE VORTICES; IMPLICIT; PHASE DIFFERENCE; TRAILING EDGES; VORTEX SHEET;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 60149101601     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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