Numerical simulation of flows around two unyawed and yawed wavy cylinders in tandem arrangement

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-151

  Lam, K ^a   Lin, Y F ^a   Zou, L ^b   Liu, Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Tandem arrangement; Vortex shedding; Yawed wavy cylinders

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFECT; CRITICAL SPACING; DOWNSTREAM CYLINDERS; NEAR WAKE FLOW; SPACING RATIO; SUBCRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBERS; TANDEM ARRANGEMENT; UPSTREAM CYLINDERS; VORTEX FORMATION; YAW ANGLES;

CYLINDER CONFIGURATIONS; DRAG; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

EID: 84856113313     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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