Numerical investigation of flow around an inline square cylinder array with different spacing ratios

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-131

  Bao, Yan ^a   Wu, Qier ^a   Zhou, Dai ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic characteristics; Drag and lift coefficients; Flow pattern; Inline square cylinder array; Spacing ratio; Strouhal number; Wake interference

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; BERNOULLI; CRITICAL SPACING; CYLINDER ARRAYS; CYLINDER ROW; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; FINITE ELEMENT ALGORITHMS; GAP SPACING; IN-LINE; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; MODE TRANSITIONS; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ON FLOW; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PERIODIC VARIATION; SECOND ORDERS; SHIELDING EFFECT; SPACING RATIO; SQUARE CYLINDERS; VORTEX STREET; WAKE INTERFERENCE;

AERODYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATING CYLINDERS; OSCILLATING FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84655176329     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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