Direct numerical simulation of vortex shedding behind a linearly tapered circular cylinder

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 201-211

  Narasimhamurthy, V D ^a   Andersson, H I ^a   Pettersen, B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNS; Instability; Tapered cylinder; Transition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DNS; ENSTROPHY; TAPER RATIOS; TAPERED CYLINDERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION; TRANSITION; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; UNIFORM INFLOW;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLASMA STABILITY; STROUHAL NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

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EID: 84861108455     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9898-7_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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