Effect of vortex generators on the flow around a circular cylinder: Computational investigation with two-equation turbulence models

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-116

  Ünal, Uǧur Oral ^a   Gören, Ömer ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bluff body; Circular cylinder.; Two equation turbulence models.; URAN.S.; Vortex generators.

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953822795     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2011.11015355     Document Type: Article

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