Gravity current flow past a circular cylinder: Forces, wall shear stresses and implications for scour

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 649, Issue , 2010, Pages 69-102

  Gonzalez Juez, E ^a   Meiburg, E ^a   Tokyay, T ^b   Constantinescu, G ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DRAG; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCOUR; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

CONSTANT DENSITY; FRICTION VELOCITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY; WAKE STRUCTURES; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BOTTOM FRICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDER; DENSITY CURRENT; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCOUR; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; TRANSIENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 77952410493     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200999334X     Document Type: Article

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