Numerical simulation of flow past rectangular cylinders with different aspect ratios using the incompressible lattice Boltzmann method

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1027-1041

  Islam, S Ul ^a,b   Zhou, C Y ^a   Shah, A ^b   Xie, P ^a  

^a University Town of Shenzhen   (China)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio effect; Bluff body flow; Incompressible lattice Boltzmann method; Rectangular cylinder

Indexed keywords

BLUFF BODY FLOWS; DRAG AND LIFT COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID FORCES; FOURIER SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LIFT FORCE; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM VALUES; MULTIPLE-PEAK; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; RECTANGULAR CYLINDER; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE VALUES; SHEDDING FREQUENCIES; SHEDDING MECHANISMS; SQUARE CYLINDERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANNELS; UNIFORM FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY; VORTICITY CONTOUR;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG COEFFICIENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84859633922     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-012-0328-4     Document Type: Article

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