Experimental study and large eddy simulation for the turbulent flow around four cylinders in an in-line square configuration

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-285

  Lam, K ^a   Zou, L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DPIV; Four cylinders; LDA; LES; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY CONTROL; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

COMPLEX FLOWS; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DPIV; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOUR CYLINDERS; FULL FIELDS; IN LINES; IN-LINE CONFIGURATIONS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETRIES; LDA; LES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPACING RATIOS; SUBCRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS; VORTEX STRUCTURES; VORTICITY FIELDS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 62049086002     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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