Steady separated flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 620, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-119

  Sen, Subhankar ^a   Mittal, Sanjay ^a   Biswas, Gautam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DRAG; FLOW SEPARATION; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIP MODEL TANKS; STEADY FLOW; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CYLINDER DIAMETERS; CYLINDER SURFACE; FREE-STREAM SPEED; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NON-MONOTONIC VARIATION; SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 65649152048     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004904     Document Type: Article

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