Parametric study of the transition in the wake of oblate spheroids and flat cylinders

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 665, Issue , 2010, Pages 199-208

  Chrust, Marcin ^a   Bouchet, Gilles ^a   Duek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

instability; transition to turbulence; wakes

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PLASMA STABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES;

CYLINDER HEIGHTS; CYLINDRICAL BODIES; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; OBLATE SPHEROID; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PLANAR SYMMETRY; TRANSITION SCENARIOS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

ASPECT RATIO;

BIFURCATION; CYLINDER; FLOW STABILITY; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERE; WAKE;

EID: 79951658652     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004878     Document Type: Article

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