Drag and lift coefficients of inclined finite circular cylinders at moderate Reynolds numbers

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1771-1781

  Vakil, Ali ^a   Green, Sheldon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DATA; CURVE-FIT; DRAG FORCES; FINITE ASPECT RATIO; FINITE CIRCULAR CYLINDER; FLOW AROUND CIRCULAR CYLINDER; FREE STREAM; LIFT COEFFICIENT; NEW YORK; OXFORD UNIVERSITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CYLINDER;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; CURVE FITTING; DRAG; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

EID: 67650230109     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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