Numerical simulations of cross-flow around four square cylinders in an in-line rectangular configuration

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 824-833

  Islam, Shams Ul ^a   Zhou, Chao Ying ^a   Ahmad, Farooq ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Attice Boltzmann method; Four square cylinders; Rectangular configuration; Spacing ratios; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

BLUFF BODY FLOWS; BOLTZMANN METHODS; CROSS FLOWS; DOWNSTREAM CYLINDERS; DRAG AND LIFT COEFFICIENTS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS (LBM); PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION; SHEDDING FREQUENCIES; SPACING RATIO; SQUARE CYLINDERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG COEFFICIENT; LIFT DRAG RATIO; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIELDING; VORTEX SHEDDING;

CYLINDER CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 84871164612     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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