Crossflow past a prolate spheroid at Reynolds number of 10000

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 659, Issue , 2010, Pages 365-374

  El Khoury, George K ^a   Andersson, Helge I ^a   Pettersen, Bjørnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

bluff body; DNS; ellipsoid; turbulent flows; wakes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

BLUFF BODY; DETACHED SHEAR LAYER; ELLIPSOID; ELLIPTICAL VORTEX; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; PROLATE SPHEROID; SUBCRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBERS;

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW FIELD; FLOW PATTERN; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKE;

EID: 77957143922     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003216     Document Type: Article

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