A numerical study of global frequency selection in the time-mean wake of a circular cylinder

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 645, Issue , 2010, Pages 435-446

  Leontini, J S ^a   Thompson, M C ^a   Hourigan, K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES;

FREQUENCY SELECTED; FREQUENCY SELECTION; LOCAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; REAL AND IMAGINARY; STABILITY EQUATIONS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CYLINDER; EIGENVALUE; FLOW STABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKE;

EID: 77952422734     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993132     Document Type: Article

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