Flow over fractals: Drag forces and near wakes

Fractals

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-399

  Kang, Hyung Suk ^a   Dennis, Duane ^b   Meneveau, Charles ^c  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Baltimore Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag Coefficients; Drag Force; Flow Motions Due to Length Scales; Sierpinski Carpets and Triangles

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LAMINAR FLOW; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

DRAG FORCES; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW MOTION; FLOW MOTION DUE TO LENGTH SCALE; FRACTAL OBJECTS; GENERATION NUMBERS; LENGTH SCALE; NEAR WAKE; SIERPINSKI CARPET; SIERPINSKI TRIANGLE;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 81455132951     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X1100549X     Document Type: Article

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