Flow bistability downstream of three-dimensional double backward facing steps at zero-degree sideslip

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Herry, Benjamin B ^a   Keirsbulck, Laurent ^b   Labraga, Larbi ^b   Paquet, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

bistability; double backward facing step; mean flow asymmetry; unstable

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BISTABLES; DRIFT ANGLE; FLOW DOWNSTREAM; FLOW FEATURES; MEAN FLOW; OIL-FLOW VISUALIZATIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STEP HEIGHT; UNSTABLE; UNSTABLE FLOWS; UPSTREAM CONDITIONS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FACINGS;

EID: 79959320500     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004037     Document Type: Article

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