The wake of falling disks at low Reynolds numbers

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-371

  Zhong, Hong Jie ^a   Lee, Cun Biao ^b  

^a AVIC Aerodynamics Research Institute   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Transition; Wake

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; AXISYMMETRIC WAKES; CIRCULAR DISK; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; FALLING BODIES; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PLANE SYMMETRY; TRANSITION; VORTICAL STRUCTURES; WAKE STRUCTURES;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HOPF BIFURCATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

WAKES;

EID: 84861345153     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-012-0036-4     Document Type: Article

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