Parametric study of a pitching flat plate at low Reynolds numbers

39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lian, Yongsheng ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CENTRAL DIFFERENCE METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PREDICTOR CORRECTOR; SPLIT STEP SCHEME; TIME STEPPING METHOD;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78349301254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-3688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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