The leading-edge vortex and quasisteady vortex shedding on an accelerating plate

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Chen, Kevin K ^a   Colonius, Tim ^a   Taira, Kunihiko ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTATION THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ANGLES OF ATTACK; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NON-DIMENSIONAL FREQUENCY; OSCILLATING PATTERN; QUASI-STEADY THEORY; VORTEX FORMATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77953328619     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3327282     Document Type: Article

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