Reynolds number effect on the wake of two staggered cylinders

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Zhou, Y ^a   Feng, S X ^b   Alam, Md Mahbub ^a   Bai, H L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

DOWNSTREAM CYLINDERS; INCIDENT FLOW; INITIAL CONDITIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT; STAGGERED CYLINDERS; STRUCTURE MODE; TWO CYLINDERS; UPSTREAM CYLINDERS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 76249106120     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275846     Document Type: Article

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