Numerical simulation of flow around a circular cylinder close to a flat seabed at high Reynolds numbers using a k-ε model

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 931-947

  Ong, Muk Chen ^a   Utnes, Torbjørn ^b   Holmedal, Lars Erik ^a   Myrhaug, Dag ^a   Pettersen, Bjørnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Circular cylinder; Flat seabed; High Reynolds number; Numerical models; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; DIAMETER RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 77955054224     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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